Lynn's Ginger Molasses Cookies
This recipe makes about 2 dozen delicious ginger molasses cookies — spicy, slightly soft cookies good with a light mousse, ice cream or fresh fruit. Also good dunked in farm-fresh milk as well as...
View ArticleSimple Sweet Chemistry
As my personal quest for alternatives to highly refined white sugar has been ongoing for many years, I needed to make the chemistry of sweet simple for myself and my family. Agave syrup is the second...
View ArticleUSDA in Business Promoting U.S. Agricultural Products
Or, the fox guarding the henhouse is now in the coop The USDA was originally in the business of promoting the sale of all U.S. agricultural products back when “down on the farm” meant where the real...
View ArticleWhy eat local foods?
A poster with a succinct idea concerning the why of local foods at yesterday's Farmer's Market (an especially pastoral picture captioned, HOMELAND SECURITY — Eat local foods), made me remember the...
View ArticleEthanol — World Menacing Bio-Fuel from Corn
I’m sharing with WWOF the following material derivative of a small package insert (printed on recycled paper) that I found in a 6 pack of delicious farm-fresh brown eggs while traveling through New...
View ArticleOrganic Winter Squash Soup with Curry and Artichoke Hearts
A Meal in Itself This winter squash soup takes just 90 minutes to prepare and simmer, not counting the stock-making, this colorful, uniquely-flavored soup is well worth the effort for its...
View ArticleHow to make organic ketchup
In the United States, we pass the ketchup to the tune of over half a billion bottles every year. The modern word “ketchup” comes from a Chinese word ke-tsiap — a naturally pickled fish-brine, the...
View ArticleFood Safety Still High Risk to Economy
The regulatory activities governing food safety continue to pose a “high risk” to the economy and public health, declared the Government Accountability Office in January of this year (link) — the...
View ArticleHow About Roasting a Goose for Christmas Dinner?
For Christmas dinner this year, serve a savory, roasted goose — a fresh-from-the-farm bird if you can find one. Even though early American settlers had an unlimited supply of wild turkey, old European...
View ArticleImproving Food Quality through Brix Testing
High Brix Defines Farm-fresh, non-GMO and Organic Food Last Fall I drove an hour each way for 50 lbs. of farm-fresh, non-GMO produce — squash and carrots. I was on the trail of Winter storage...
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