I’m not back quite yet. April Fools! I convinced one more person to write for me this week, my husband Alex. Here’s a little bit from him about beer brewing. If you want more details or a tutorial, let me know in the comments. I’ve been brewing beer for over a decade now. The...
Read more →March is coming in like a lamb this morning. Sun is streaming through the windows, I hear birds chirping, and I see the green tips of daffodils poking through the soil outside. Before the heady gardening month of April, we are challenging ourselves two ways in March. Liquor Cabinet Challenge I’m issuing our family...
Read more →My friend Jill (and her friend Maya) are writing Friday Five posts on their blog Itinerant Foodies. It’s a great idea for a quick post before the weekend and starting today I’m going to steal it! This week, I want to share five things that are aging in the house. Sometimes I feel like...
Read more →Not long ago, in an era of our country’s history rife with stifling regulations, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union convinced the US congress to pass the Eighteenth Amendment outlawing alcohol production and sale in 1919. Prohibition did little to stop drinking or the “societal ills”. A good many righteous individuals drank their way through...
Read more →Our cider press has seen lots of action since we acquired it a month ago. Here is what it produced so far: October 26 – 1 liter pear cider November 6 – 1.5 gallons winesap cider, 1 gallon gold rush cider + lots of tastes consumed at our Cider Pressing Party November 21 –...
Read more →Central Ohio is home to many fantastic restaurants. Those of us who live here know it is as difficult to choose a spot for a date night from the many great options as it is to name a favorite child. Well, except for those of us who only have one child…I guess that isn’t...
Read more →Homemade flavored liqueur is one of the simplest ways to preserve the flavor of fresh fruit. I posted a recipe for cranberry liqueur last year, but one can make liqueur with any fruit with the following simple method. Local, in season fruits make the best liqueurs because they have the strongest fresh flavor. Choose...
Read more →It’s been a wacky week here and I want to update you about lots of things: First, Devie the hound in trouble is doing very well after surgery yesterday to remove her left eye. We are keeping her heavily dosed with pain medicine to let the eye heal and will taper that off in...
Read more →My aunt Deb picked and delivered a large box of pears from her farm. We ate some fresh, but soon the pears begged to be preserved before they rotted. My thoughts turned to pear sauce and pear butter, but I have a large store of applesauce already in the pantry and I’m not sure...
Read more →Meet the newest tool in the hand-powered arsenal at Hounds in the Kitchen: A cider press! Charlie of Windy Hill Apple Farm had this press on display with a for-sale sign the last time we visited. I immediately recognized it as a well maintained machine for a good price. We debated for a few...
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