Welcome to another edition of Food Roots! This week I want to tell y’all about something in case you are unaware. I sent out the following in an email last night: Today the “Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009” came just 6 votes shy of passing in the house of representatives. The only thing that…
We are blessed to have a u-pick blueberry farm within five minutes of our home. That means that we can just jump in the car with our boys and head over for an hour or two of picking on a Sunday afternoon or weeknight. They opened less than two weeks ago and we have picked…
This is the final part of a series on fermented foods for beginners. You can find the first three parts here: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Fermented Dairy Part 3: Lacto-Fermented Vegetables The first time I tasted kombucha it came from a bottle that I purchased for over $3 at the whole foods market. I…
This is part 3 in a four part series. I renamed this series Fermented Food for Beginners in the hopes that it will encourage anyone who was intimidated about making their own ferments, as I was. Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Fermented Dairy Before the advent of modern day canning most of our American fore…
