Kitchen Jam

In mid-February, Wendy over at The Local Cook gifted me with “The Beautiful Blog” Award. I have to admit – I’m still new enough at writing online that stuff like this makes me feel pretty amazing. Yeah, I get a little Sally Field – I’m still hearing echoes of ‘you like me, you really like me’ in my head and it’s been almost two weeks. So, thank you, Wendy; I really do appreciate it!

When you’re named a Beautiful Blogger, you need to tell your readers seven interesting things they may not know about you. Then, to share the good feelings, recipients point their readers to seven other bloggers whose work they appreciate. Read the rest of this entry »

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The March CanJam secret ingredient was just announced by Ashley over at Small Measure. This month, we’ll be jammin’ and pickling with alliums – onions, garlic, leeks, ramps. These are things which are actually available right now.

So many choices. Red Onion Marmalade with Wine. Hot (and Sweet) Garlic Jam. Pickled Baby Onions.

I’ve got some research to do – stay tuned! My recipe will need to be up before March 19 .. A bit earlier this month, but that works out for me – I’ll be in D.C. for C3 Call On Congress later in the month.

Lemon Chipotle Chicken

After coming up with Chipotle Carrot-Apple Butter for Tigress’s February CanJam, I had a few leftovers – a couple carrots, an extra lemon and of course, a whole can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Before I pureed the rest of the chipotle peppers, I decided to do a little improv on my basic Skillet Chicken. And there was this lonely carrot that kept saying “C’mon, give me a shot!” And I had a lemon that I needed to use. Read the rest of this entry »

February CanJam: Chipotle Carrot-Apple Butter

At the end of each month, the can-jammers participating in Tigress’s Can Jam are delivered the news – a “secret ingredient” for the next’s month designed to extend their canning repertoires. January’s challenge was citrus, and I tried Roasted Lemon Marmalade. But the February challenge ingredient would be a tough day’s work for an Iron Chef – carrots! Read the rest of this entry »

I got my first seed catalog in the mail this week – and two days later, my first Food Preservation Workshop notice of the season from Kathleen Quinn-Jacobs at IthaCan.

IthaCan is a is a web-based social network through which home food preservers in Tompkins County organize food preserving events and share information. I’m in Syracuse, NY – not Ithaca – but the group is only about an hour down Rt. 81 from me…45 minutes if I can go the back way and the weather doesn’t take a nasty February turn. Read the rest of this entry »