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• Make Your Own Cheese: 30-Minute Mozzarella

  

  Fresh cheeses like mozzarella require little equipment and are excellent choices for beginning cheese makers, as they are quick, delicious, and easy to make — no fermenting or aging required. Many of these high-moisture cheeses are called bag cheeses because the curds are drained in … Read More

  Food

  by Ricki Carroll

• Foraging for Spring: Three Edible Plants to Try

  

  The first rule of foraging for edible plants is never, ever, eat anything you’re not 100 percent sure of. This applies whether you’re picking in the wild or in your own backyard. “Foraging in your own backyard!” you say. “I thought you had to wander … Read More

  Gardening

  by Ellen Zachos

• How to Cure and Cook Your Own Bacon

  

  Salt preserves food, fats included. Chances are our ancestors first salted meats — and fats — just to preserve them, then they found that salting transformed the flavor of those foods, improving them. They created the art of charcuterie or salumi, along with hundreds of … Read More

  Recipes

  by Andrea Chesman

• Winter Squash & Red Lentil Soup with Chard & Cider Syrup

  

  At farmers’ markets and tastings, we are forever answering the question, “Cider syrup? What do you do with that?” People seem intrigued when presented with a list of ways to use it in savory dishes. “Glazed pork” leads them to nod, “drizzled over roasted Brussels … Read More

  Recipes

  by Jonathan Carr , Nicole Blum and Andrea Blum

• Dried Food DIY: Minestrone Soup Mix in a Jar

  

  When you have a supply of delicious home-dried fruits, vegetables, and meats, you can whip up combinations and meals that will make hearty entrees, soups, side dishes, snacks, and even desserts. A selection of these mixes is a tremendous boon in the pantry because you … Read More

  Recipes

  by Teresa Marrone