Before making the leaven, feeding your starter an extra meal results in better bread but also extra discard. Follow this method to build up a leaven without adding starter to the discard pile.
How to Spend Less Time Washing Dishes
When you cook more from scratch, you can spend a lot of time washing dishes. These 20 tricks will help save your precious time.
Easy No-Waste Applesauce, Skins On and Unsweetened
If you find yourself with more apples on your hands than you can eat before they head south, make this disappearing, delicious applesauce.
13 Ways to Cook Every Spoonful of Leftover Tomato Paste
How many recipes call for an entire six-ounce can of tomato paste? Basically none. Most call for a small amount but you must buy four times what you need (same with herbs). While I have no numbers to back me up—just a hunch—I imagine millions of dollars’ worth of opened, neglected cans of this cooking […]
So Good Semolina Pastry Recipe
My daughter MK makes this semolina pastry often. Semolina adds a hint of nutty flavor and yellow color to pastry. If you make homemade pasta, you may have semolina on hand. Or, if you make this semolina pastry and have never tried making pasta, you need very few additional ingredients (water for the pasta recipe […]
Epic Pumpkin and Spice Muffins Made with Fresh Pumpkin
To make the best pumpkin and spice muffins, first cook a fresh sugar pie pumpkin or kabocha squash. The extra effort is worth it!
If My New Induction Electric Range Were a Man I’d Marry It
I dumped my polluting gas range for induction electric and will never look back. Here’s what you need to know before making the switch.
How to Dehydrate Tomatoes for Hands-Off, Easy Tomato Preservation
Dehydrated tomatoes take up little cupboard space, preparing them requires minimal hands-on work and preserving them helps reduce wasted food.
One Year Update on Converting the Dead Lawn to Native Plants
If the relentless bad news about the climate crisis has you feeling anxious, planting native plants can help both the ecosystem and your mood.