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mac salad and 손맛

mac salad and 손맛

The reasons why one cooks are simple. The reasons why one strives to master a dish is more complex. This is a story about Kurt’s grandma’s mac salad. This humble...

mac salad and 손맛

The reasons why one cooks are simple. The reasons why one strives to master a dish is more complex. This is a story about Kurt’s grandma’s mac salad. This humble...

a cool fish / tropical Ohio

a cool fish / tropical Ohio

Today’s post started because we wanted to share a picture of a cool fish that Kurt caught on Raccoon Creek last weekend. It’s the longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis, a native fish...

a cool fish / tropical Ohio

Today’s post started because we wanted to share a picture of a cool fish that Kurt caught on Raccoon Creek last weekend. It’s the longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis, a native fish...

Sour Corn, one of my favorite ferments

Sour Corn, one of my favorite ferments

08/29/2024 I bought 2, 50 pound bags of heirloom Silver Queen corn from Witten Market a few Sundays ago. I was lucky my friend Amy was working there that day...

Sour Corn, one of my favorite ferments

08/29/2024 I bought 2, 50 pound bags of heirloom Silver Queen corn from Witten Market a few Sundays ago. I was lucky my friend Amy was working there that day...

Shiso, ume, and Courtney Barnett

Shiso, ume, and Courtney Barnett

This week, Irene and her team are using fresh red shiso leaves from Veggie Visions Farms to make shiso and ume onigiri for the market. Shiso, with its unique herbal...

Shiso, ume, and Courtney Barnett

This week, Irene and her team are using fresh red shiso leaves from Veggie Visions Farms to make shiso and ume onigiri for the market. Shiso, with its unique herbal...

Spam® it's complicated

Spam® it's complicated

07/11/24 Created in 1937, post-WWII Spam was everywhere- an affordable pantry staple for many, famously parodied in a 1970 Monty Python sketch, from which the use of the word spam...

Spam® it's complicated

07/11/24 Created in 1937, post-WWII Spam was everywhere- an affordable pantry staple for many, famously parodied in a 1970 Monty Python sketch, from which the use of the word spam...