“We live in an amazing country where it’s perfectly legal to feed your kids twinkies, hoho cakes, and mountain dew, but raw milk, that’s dangerous.” So began Joel Salatin’s Saturday keynote address to the Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association annual conference on February 13, 2010. I attended the talk. The writing below is my [...]
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 I am Rachel Tayse, keeper of the Hounds in the Kitchen. In my Columbus Ohio urban homestead, I garden, cook, and eat local sustainable foods. Read About the Hounds for more about the characters in my kitchen. I hope to see you soon at an Event.
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Archive for the ‘Make it Yourself’ CategoryTwo years ago, my aunt brought fruitcake to our holiday celebration. I can’t say I had ever tried fruitcake before, but this was delicious! Juicy, rich, alcoholic, and sweetened by real fruit not sugar or fluorescent candied stuff - what could be wrong? Last year, I made fruitcake myself. I split the batter between one large [...] This is a continuation of the Tutorial. Part One covers materials. Construction First, dimensions of the surface to be covered are measured, and the plywood subcounter is cut to shape. Screw this into cabinet sides immediately so the kitchen can be used. We lived with construction plywood counters for just about a year, so I suppose you [...] At the request of several readers, I (Alex, Rachel’s husband) wrote this tutorial about the installation of our wood countertops on the cheap. even the hound can tell a good counter when she smells it Advantages/Disadvantages to Wood To begin with, you need to decide if a wooden surface is right for you. If you already have [...] I have made it no secret that I love cranberries. Raw cranberries, snowy sugared cranberries, cranberry bread… Transformed into an alcoholic additive is another delicious way to enjoy these little pearls of antioxidant goodness! The cranberry liqueur recipe I use is adapted from Cooking Light, December 2003. It makes a lovely gift packaged in a decorative [...]
This olive oil container has been in the background of many pictures on this little blog. It might possibly be the most utilized ingredient and container in our whole kitchen. Five years ago, I found the winemaker Four Sisters at a shop in Portsmouth Virginia where we were living. As the oldest of four [...] Our Xmas tradition is to decorate a Norfolk Island Pine. It tolerates the attention but prefers to be an indoor/outdoor tree and is usually completely dried from the lights at the end of the holiday season. This year I was thinking about buying a metal or wooden reusable tree. Then I had a brainstorm: let’s make [...] Buoyed by the success of recent Kids Cook classes, I hatched an idea: could I cook an entire meal with children? Then I questioned if we could use Ohio raised seasonal ingredients at the same time. Thanks to sponsorship from the FoodBuzz 24, 24, 24 program, I was able to test out the concept by [...] ‘Tis the season to eat pumpkins. Making your own puree for pie, soups, and baking is a simple and delicious. Here’s how: Choose your pumpkin. Pie pumpkins have the richest flavor but you can do this with any pumpkin if you wish. Halve your pumpkin. Remove the innards. I like to use a grapefruit spoon because the serrated [...]  |
 
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