San Francisco is famous for their sourdough bread which runs wild around there. Fortunately we can all catch our own wild sourdough starter, which is also called levain. Levain is the French term for sourdough starter and has been used for centuries to make bread. Bread made with Levain may even be healthier for you … Continue reading the story "Catching some Levain (aka Sourdough Starter)"Post Archives from the ‘Foraging & Hunting’ Category
Catching some Levain (aka Sourdough Starter)
San Francisco is famous for their sourdough bread which runs wild around there. Fortunately we can all catch our own wild sourdough starter, which is also called levain. Levain is the French term for sourdough starter and has been used for centuries to make bread. Bread made with Levain may even be healthier for you … Continue reading the story "Catching some Levain (aka Sourdough Starter)"Keeping Track of Your Harvest
For the past two years I've been tracking what we harvest and also what we spend here. I use an excel sheet to organize it all. Every year I revise this sheet to be even more organized. This year I finally feel comfortable enough with it's set up that I am going to share it with you. It's easily changed to meet your needs.
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Cajun Spiced Crab Cakes
Every Christmas Eve we have a crab feed at my house. This year was a bit different because Tom and Junior actually went out and caught the crab for the dinner table. They had great luck catching 6 rock crabs and 6 large Dungeness crabs. More than enough for 5 people, one of which wasn't interested in eating any crab. Eventually we'll get Junior to … Continue reading the story "Cajun Spiced Crab Cakes"
New Look for the New Year Plus Some other News
Welcome back! Sorry I haven't written in awhile but I've been busy migrating the blog over to WordPress from Blogger.
On top of that we've been really busy. It's been a week since Sedona came to her new home. There is definitely an adjustment period and … Continue reading the story "New Look for the New Year Plus Some other News"
Sedona - The New Kid on the Block
The Perennial Plate – Seaside Foraging
The Perennial Plate Episode 68: A Tale of Three Seasides from Daniel Klein on Vimeo.
I'm super excited about this episode because it includes my hunter-gatherer hero, Hank Shaw. I have yet to meet him, but hopefully in the future I will.
Let’s hit the ocean ’cause it’s AB SEASON!
Abalone Diving... Yep.
So this summer I have the opportunity to go abalone diving since I'm living and working on the Mendocino coast in and around Ft. Bragg. I have wanted to go abalone diving for a very long time but … Continue reading the story "Let’s hit the ocean ’cause it’s AB SEASON!"
Belgian-Style Mussels
I should have called this post "Things I Thought Were Hard to Cook (But Was Wrong About)", but then I would have had to include all of the other well-kept culinary secrets and...well...some … Continue reading the story "Belgian-Style Mussels"
Sunchoke Chowder
Orange Braised Fennel
Everything But the Quack: Roasted Wild Duck
I will preface this by saying that I am not a hunter. Maybe someday in the future I will learn to be more comfortable with guns, but it hasn't happened yet (right … Continue reading the story "Everything But the Quack: Roasted Wild Duck"