Recipes

Queen Anne’s Lace Jelly: Recipe

August 22, 2017 By Ellen 24 Comments

For years I disdained making Queen Anne’s Lace jelly, believing it to be merely sweet, without distinctive flavor. I’d heard…
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Wineberry season happens to coincide with the birthday of a very dear friend, so I named this wildcrafted cocktail after…
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July 30, 2017 By Ellen 2 Comments

When it’s time for me to cook or bake something really special, I look through my foraged spice cabinet. I…
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July 20, 2017 By Ellen 10 Comments

Whenever I hear the word blancmange I think of the Monty Python sketch where a giant blancmange (from the planet…
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July 18, 2017 By Ellen 2 Comments

What would we do without lemon juice? It’s an essential ingredient in both cooking and mixology, two of my favorite…
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July 6, 2017 By Ellen 5 Comments

As I type this, I’m looking out at the daylilies in my garden. These aren’t hybrids or cultivars, but the…
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