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When a new book arrives in the mail, it better not be time to make dinner. ‘Cause dinner will definitely be late and my nose will be in that book. This was doubly true when The New Wildcrafted Cuisine by Pascal Baudar arrived a few weeks ago.
This book is beautiful. This book is inspiring!
One of the delights of spring is rhubarb, right? We would harvest a stalk or two from a neighbor’s yard as children, sprinkle it with sugar, and nibble away. The combination of sweet and tart was a treat for our tastebuds.
We have a large, healthy patch of rhubarb. A friend kept asking me last year why I never harvest my rhubarb. Are you kidding? I take and take and it just keeps giving and giving.Continue Reading
You know how it works. Honey bees gather nectar and carry it in their honey sacs back to the hive where it is stored.
Keeping honey unheated and unpasteurized helps to assure that the beneficial enzymes and other heat sensitive nutrients are kept intact.Continue Reading
Thankfully, there are some delicious ways to support your immune system and help to alleviate colds and flu. Think elderberry syrup, or herbal infused honey.
This isn’t medicine, y’all, this is real food that nourishes your body and helps it to fight colds and flu and stay healthy (and it’s yummy on ice cream, too).
And with herbal honey you’re also getting the anti-bacterial properties of the raw honey.Continue Reading
