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October 13, 2022

VOTE on November 8, 2022 (or sooner if you can….)

Your vote is your voice! Every eligible voter in the US can raise their voice with their vote, and I hope you will too.
June 21, 2022

Cash is Queen

What’s up with the I’m Awesome stickers that I hand out at the farmers’ markets?
March 28, 2022

Longreach, State of Queensland, Australia

Our next stop on this Australian Odyssey was Longreach and the home of Andrew’s remarkable parents, Sue and Bruce.
March 21, 2022

Gold Coast, State of Queensland, Australia

Quick stop in Paradise For all the rigors of our travels to Australia, our three days in the Gold Coast were like stepping into paradise. Our […]
March 13, 2022

Our Trip to Australia

There’s really no easy way to get to Australia from the east coast of the US. It is just far. March 11, 2022- March 13, 2022 […]
March 10, 2022

Why Australia?

Well, there’s the part about me helping my beloved friends move home with their two little kids.
January 20, 2022

10 Ways to Enjoy Fermented Veggie Brine

Folks often mistake my beautiful bottles of brine—or the liquid extract that forms as vegetables ferment—for kombucha. That’s okay. Kombucha is almost as delicious and has […]
February 23, 2021

Straight talk about ingredients

It is all true. I use ingredients from a variety of sources, but here are my priorities when I shop.
February 22, 2021

Step-by-Step Recipe for Yogurt

It's all about the milk...you will like the yogurt that you make if you like the milk from which you make it!
February 16, 2021

Plastics at VFA

Ugh. Plastic. If I could do away with it entirely, I’d be so happy. If I could get Korean red pepper powder and the pounds of […]
January 28, 2021

Step-by-Step Recipe for Kombucha

I love experimenting with flavors and secondary fermentation times.
December 24, 2020

Kombucha Bottling

Drinking kombucha, I feel every cell in my body celebrating the nutrients and microbes it contains. 
December 24, 2020

Kombucha Blooper #2: Learning to Walk

Batch/Blooper #1 taught me about temperature control/moderation.  Batch #2 headed in the right direction with a kombucha mother from my kombucha soul mate and life-long friend, […]
December 24, 2020

Kombucha Blooper #1: No Mother, No Cry

I love kombucha.  Its tart fizziness feels wonderful in my mouth and on my tongue.  The microbes send signals of health and happiness to my cells. […]
December 23, 2020

Simple Sauerkraut Making

To make terrific sauerkraut, all you need is two ingredients plus time, patience, and sensitivity.
December 22, 2020

The Yogurt Diary, Chapter 4: Straining Yogurt

People often ask me how we can use 2 gallons of yogurt before it goes bad, since there are only four of us in our family.  […]
December 16, 2020

The Yogurt Diary, Chapter 3: Flavoring Yogurt

For almost a year, I made plain yogurt before I tried flavoring it. I resisted flavoring yogurt because it seems that we all have too much […]
December 10, 2020

The Yogurt Diary, Chapter 2: Yogurt Insight after Meeting the Master

Today I made a quart of yogurt using the slimy batch (see yogurt bloopers) from 11/22/09 as the starter. I was surprised by the results. The […]
October 22, 2020

The Yogurt Diary, Chapter 1: Learning to Make Yogurt

My friend Liza has been making yogurt for a long time, and the day that she showed me her method, she also lent me her copy […]
October 13, 2022

VOTE on November 8, 2022 (or sooner if you can….)

Your vote is your voice! Every eligible voter in the US can raise their voice with their vote, and I hope you will too.
June 21, 2022

Cash is Queen

What’s up with the I’m Awesome stickers that I hand out at the farmers’ markets?
March 28, 2022

Longreach, State of Queensland, Australia

Our next stop on this Australian Odyssey was Longreach and the home of Andrew’s remarkable parents, Sue and Bruce.
March 13, 2022

Our Trip to Australia

There’s really no easy way to get to Australia from the east coast of the US. It is just far. March 11, 2022- March 13, 2022 […]
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