Tasting the Land: Local Health for Humans and our Habitat
February 9, 2012
The start of a new year offers an opportunity to question our daily choices. Given the overwhelming number of new processed food ingredients that have proven cancerous and the infiltration of GMO’s into our food supply – not to mention all the new foods and antioxidants that claim to provide a solution – it’s hard […]
It’s Nettle Time!
January 31, 2012
I grew up in Isleton, on the California Delta, spending a lot of time in the wilds of the local cornfields and the town’s edge lands. I knew many plants in a way that comes from the joy of a child, but there was one plant I avoided since even its name spelled doom: electric […]
Tasting the Land
The start of every year offers a useful opportunity to question our daily choices. In the overwhelm of the latest processed ingredient that proves cancerous and the infiltration of GMO’s into our food supply, as well as the influx of new foods and antioxidants that claim to provide the latest solution, it is hard to […]
Chamise leaf Tea, Madrone bark Tea
January 29 – 31 Sun. Jan. 29 – Oak Nut Marzipan Mon. Jan. 30 – Chamise leaf Tea Tue. Jan. 31 – Madrone bark Tea (collected fallen bark during a hike and then dried) Madrone bark Tea Recipe Cover ¼ cup of dried Madrone bark with 2 cups of boiling water. Let steep for 10 […]
Manzanita/Peach Jam, Ceanothus Tea, Blackfruit Dogwood Berries, Currants, Wild Watercress Salad
January 28, 2012
January 22 – 28 Sun. Jan. 22 – Oak Nut Flatbread Mon. Jan. 23 – Oak Nut Flatbread with Manzanita/Peach Jam (Lisa Bruno’s recipe) Tue. Jan. 24 – Oak Nut Marzipan (previously made and frozen) Wed. Jan. 25 – Ceanothus Tea Ceanothus Tea Recipe Bring 2 cups of water to a boil. Turn off heat […]
