Category Archives: community

Make mud pies.

11 June 2014 by local kitchen

Have I mentioned that I’m going to Brazil? For the World Cup? In TWO DAYS? And this explains, in part, why it’s been so quiet around these parts of late: I’ve been absolutely buried under last-minute trip planning. Flights, hotels, game tickets, rental houses, travel visas, taxis, game-day buses, non-exorbitant Amazon jungle tours, new travel laptops, bikinis & straw sun hats: none of it comes easy, my friends. In addition, I’ve had lots of friends visiting over the past couple […]

Categories: community • Tags: cooking, food, local, quick & easy

Hip Girl’s Guide to the Kitchen: Giveaway Winner!

22 May 2014 by local kitchen

Congratulations to lucky commenter #57, Kelli, the winner of the Hip Girl’s Guide to the Kitchen! Kelli says: I already pat myself on the back for a lot of rock star-ism in the kitchen as far as basics goes but I know there is always more to learn and discover. now I am about to go complicated and try my hand at the pesky French macaron. also, you know, I have yet to do real, actual canning, the hot water […]

Categories: community • Tags: books, cooking, giveaway, Hip Girl

Passionate Soccer Love: Giveaway Winner!

20 May 2014 by local kitchen

Congratulations to Tiffany, winner of the Passionate Soccer Love giveaway! Tiffany says: I too am a big soccer fan! I was happy to see this post up here, two of my favorite things coming together! I wish I were attending, but I am going to the US v Turkey game at Red Bull stadium on June 2nd to send my favorite team off to the World Cup. Congratulations, Tiffany! Enjoy! …………………………….. In the midst of all the sugar research and […]

Categories: community • Tags: giveaway, love, soccer

Ramp & White Bean Fritters with Sriracha-Marmalade Sauce

25 April 2014 by local kitchen

“Oh, ramps,” I hear you sigh, sniffing delicately. “That’s so last year.” To be sure, ramp mania seems to have dimmed somewhat, after a strong showing in the opening years of the decade, to be replaced by new must-have food items such as artisanal toast and eggs that are scrambled in the shell. Which is a good thing, really, as ramps have been dangerously over-harvested in recent years: perhaps everyone has finally gotten the message about sustainable ramp foraging? Or, perhaps, it […]

Categories: appetizer, beans, leek, snack, spring, vegetarian, wild foods • Tags: beans, cooking, food, local, recipes, spring, vegetarian

It’s not me, Facebook: it’s you.

14 April 2014 by local kitchen

Facebook is going to the dogs. Admit it: you knew, when you accepted that friend request from Grandma, that the End was Nigh. But really: it’s not the older demographic, nor the fact that the yoots are deserting Facebook in droves that is making the day-to-day Facebook experience much less fun: it’s Facebook itself. Much has been written about Facebook’s policy – the dreaded “algorithm” – of strangling engagement in an effort to move business and fan pages towards a […]

Categories: community • Tags: cooking, facebook, food, links

Foraging & Feasting + Giveaway Winner

12 December 2013 by local kitchen

Do you remember when I told you about a new foraging book, written by herbalist Dina Falconi and illustrated by artist Wendy Hollender, right here in Accord, NY? Well, I reached out to Dina and Wendy, who are also the publishers, Botanical Arts Press, and they were kind enough to send me a review copy and a copy to giveaway to one lucky reader. I was so excited to receive my copy and I was not disappointed: it is a […]

Categories: 100% local, foraging, wild foods • Tags: cooking, food, foraging, giveaway, local, preserving, wild food

My Favorite Posts of 2012

31 December 2012 by local kitchen

As if you’re not already fed up to >here< with year-end lists: my favorite posts of 2012! These were recipes that surprised or delighted; that turned out exactly as I had envisioned, or turned out completely differently but in a fabulous way; that I returned to again & again, or ones that I’m sure will be on a yearly seasonal rotation from now on. These are the posts that were fun to write, fun to shoot and fun to eat; […]

Categories: community • Tags: cooking, food, local, recipes, round-up, year end

Your Favorite Posts of 2012

29 December 2012 by local kitchen

It’s December 29th and that can mean only one thing, my friends: year-end round-up time! For the third year running, I offer you: your favorite Local Kitchen posts, based on post traffic this year. This year’s list is all about social media: between Reddit, Pinterest, and StumbleUpon, Facebook & Twitter, and aggregator sites like LifeHacker and the Kitchn, a lot of you have surfed on over from various spots on the Web, and a lot of you have shared your […]

Categories: community • Tags: cooking, food, local, recipes, round-up, year end

Food in Jars: Winner!

23 June 2012 by local kitchen

Thanks so much to everyone who entered and who shared with us their one-and-only, most important preserve of the year. I was fascinated by your responses: by far the majority favored home-canned tomatoes, whether whole, crushed, sauced or fire-roasted, and I have to agree: I go into paranoia-overstock-mode with tomatoes these days, ever since the heartbreak of the 2009 tomato blight. But for all of the tomato love, there were many of you dedicated to berry jams, sour cherries & plums, […]

Categories: canning, community, preserving, tools & gear • Tags: canning, food in jars, giveaway, preserving

Canning Tips & Tricks From Your Favorite Bloggers (+ Me!)

10 June 2012 by local kitchen

Do you remember way back in May (3 whole weeks ago) when I said that the time to prepare for preserving was now, because once the season hits, you’ll be overwhelmed? I was right. The fridge is full to overflowing with the first CSA of the season (greens, greens and more greens!), I still have Grandma’s rhubarb to work through, the European Championships and World Cup qualifying have started, and somehow, people still want me to work for a living. […]

Categories: canning, community, preserving, techniques, tools & gear • Tags: canning, cooking, preserving, techniques

My Favorite Posts of 2011

4 January 2012 by local kitchen

Happy New Year! I hope 2012 is treating you right so far. I should be taking down the Christmas tree and packing away all the holiday decorations for another year, but instead I’ve been fighting off a cold and working, working, working: crunching data, analyzing stats, writing up conclusions. Busy, busy, busy! I got some fun, kitchen-related Christmas gifts that I can’t wait to share with you, including a potato leek gratin recipe from a new Christmas-gift cookbook, as well […]

Categories: community • Tags: best of 2011, cooking, local, recipes

Your Favorite Posts of 2011

28 December 2011 by local kitchen

Ah, the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Designed for sleeping late, playing with new toys, eating leftovers, watching bad TV, and the occasional day at a nearly empty workplace. And, lest we forget: top ten lists. Books, movies, music, photographs, ‘fascinating’ people (Really, Barbara? Really?) but also science blog posts, weird life-forms and of course, the top ten weirdest top ten lists. Apparently, there is nothing that makes our hearts go pitter-pat at this festive time of year more than a nicely […]

Categories: community • Tags: best of 2011, cooking, food, local, recipes, round-up, year end

Link With Love

14 October 2011 by local kitchen

This post is long overdue: link with love established themselves this summer, and I wanted to tell you all about it, but I got swept up in the craziness of the preserving season. Now that it’s mid-October (can you believe it?) and things in my kitchen have calmed down somewhat, I want to talk just a bit about blogging, sharing, and playing nice in this big jungle gym we call the Interwebs. ‘Round about the time that I stumbled across link with love this summer, I had just been having […]

Categories: community • Tags: attribution, blogging, internet, link with love, writing

A Fund for Jennie: Winners!

3 September 2011 by local kitchen

Yesterday marked the end of the Local Kitchen Fund for Jennie auction: I’m delighted to say that, together, we raised $585 for the Perillo Girls! As promised, seven lucky winners will receive their choice of custom canning labels, designed by me and based upon the specific needs of each canner’s pantry. The lucky winners are: Casey DelliCarpini Caroline MacMoran Kathleen Clark Meredith Redsoxgal Melissa B and, selected by random.org, BisforBread Congratulations to the winners, and thank you so very much […]

Categories: community • Tags: #afundforjennie, bloggers without borders, community, labels

Wild Blueberry Jam with Mint

27 August 2011 by local kitchen

I know what you’re thinking: blueberries are long gone from these parts, right? Well, I’ll be willing to bet that there are still some out there (although they may well be completely done after this weekend’s Big Blow). And it is still wild blueberry season in Maine (in fact, I’m also willing to bet that there are enterprising Mainers out in the fields right now, raking for all they’re worth, in advance of the storm). The blueberries I used in […]

Categories: berries, canning, foraging, jams, mint, preserving, summer, wild foods • Tags: berries, blueberry, canning, cooking, food, jam, local, preserving, recipes