Continuing my Culinary A-Z, I have decided that this week should big up the humble cabbage. Stuffed and baked leaves, zingy crisp slaws, and... rumbledethumps are but a few of the reasons to love this much maligned brassica. But this week, I want to sing the praises of sauerkraut (and get you making it). Sauerkraut gets a … Continue reading C is for Cabbage: 3 Reasons to Make Your Own Sauerkraut
So-called 'superfood' fads tend to pass me by. I'm not all that into quinoa (kwin-oh-a? Keen-oh-a? Cue-noi-way?), chia seeds I can take or leave, blueberries - well, they're actually pretty good, but I'm fairly sure that they can't cure cancer or mend a broken heart, and what even is a goji berry? As I see … Continue reading This Week I’m Mostly: Jumping on the Kombucha Train
If you've just come for the food, jump down to Adventures in Fermentation for the pickling. If not, here's a window on my pre-midlife-crisis. I always assumed that I would breeze into my thirties without a care. That I wouldn't allow the inevitable passing of years to perturb me. When I was five, I assumed … Continue reading This Week I’m Mostly: Getting Older and Eatin’ Pickles
