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How to Make “Sun” Dried Tomatoes

A carefully dried tomato can carry the taste of summer’s sweet abundance through many seasons.  Dried tomatoes provide a distinct chewy texture and richness to pan sauces and stews.  They can be eaten as is for a quick burst of vitamin C.  Making your own during is not hard at all.

Equipment

Dried tomatoes are generally made in [...]

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Sexy Homegrown Tomatoes Bare All

Oh, Julia Child, you dear pink tomato.  Your blushing beauty covers your spicy inside, tempting gardeners for decades.

Cherokee Chocolate, dark enchantress of the bunch.  That Christmas colored skin of yours yields to a dark juicy flesh, dripping with sunlight transformed to sweetness.

Then there’s you, Rutgers.  Your pleats, your bulbous inundations, inspire a thousand delicious thoughts.

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Backyard Chicken Eggs and Salmonella

I was ready to write a quick post about how you shouldn’t necessarily be motivated by fear a Salmonella bacteria outbreak to switch over from eating factory to free ranged eggs.  I was going to describe all the great benefits including the lower cholesterol, higher omega 3 fatty acids, and lower saturated fats you can enjoy [...]

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Homemade Dog Biscuits – Great Kids Project!

It has been hot here in Ohio.  And humid.  A friend described the recent weather as “walking around inside someone’s mouth.”  Indeed.

Instead of enduring the wicked weather during the afternoon heat, I searched for indoor activities to occupy Lil’s boundless energy in the relative cool of the air conditioning.

A few days ago, we made homemade dog [...]

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Announcing Hounds in the Kitchen Fall 2010 Classes

Are you mystified by canning?  Seeking great sausages?  Curious about cooking with children?

Look no further than the Hounds in the Kitchen Fall 2010 class schedule for hands on workshops, tours, and more to excite you about the harvest season.

Email me with any questions you may have.  I hope to see you at a class soon!

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