Category Archives: Slow Food

Lessons for the New Year

Posted on January 2, 2017 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

One of my goals for the coming months is to find lessons for skills I want to either learn or improve upon.  I had a head start a few weeks ago with a class offering by Whisk, a unique, local … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Preparation, Home Economics, Kaizen, Kitchen Implements, Knife Skills, Resources, Slow Food, Sustainable, Whisk | 1 Comment

Cooking Up A Hurricane – Mozzarella (Part 2)

Posted on October 10, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

As a cook (and human being) I am much more comfortable in the zone where I am critiquing past performance and looking for areas for improvement over standing on the precipice of something I have never tried.  To that end, … Continue reading →

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Better With Basil – Pasta Maker

Posted on September 17, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

Late blight is wrecking havoc on North Carolina tomatoes this year, particularly the heirloom varieties.  Last year I was pulling down green tomatoes in late November and this year they were pretty much done by late August.  C’est la vie. … Continue reading →

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Easy Decision Dinner

Posted on September 3, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

Egg scrambles for dinner with almost any leftover veggies in the fridge is a quick and easy decision for nights that lack a dinner plan. I had a small bunch of kale leftover after an Italian soup earlier in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Backyard Gardening, Food Porn, Food Preparation, French Tarragon, Kale, Morel Mushrooms, Mushrooms, Raised Bed Gardening, Roma Tomato, Slow Food, Square Foot Gardening, Sustainable | Leave a comment

Chef-Storian

Posted on September 1, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

History and the culinary arts have collided in these fantastic 18th Century Cooking videos from Jas. Townsend and Son. Half video recipe, half historical reenactment and with just a pinch of historical reproduction entrepreneurship thrown in for seasoning, I am … Continue reading →

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Let Them Eat Bread

Posted on May 1, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

Naturally leavened (ie. lacto-fermented) bread is believed to share a timeline with agriculture itself, dating back to the Neolithic age. Modern bread is an entirely different end product as a result of divergent ingredients, chemical reactions, processes and cooking methods.  … Continue reading →

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