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Waning Moon Brew
Red Raspberry Leaf is traditionally known in the midwifery sphere as a uterine tonic herb. Tonic herbs have the great effect of being generally good for you with minimal risk factors involved....
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Sweet Melissa: A Simpler’s recipe.
About a year ago, I wrote a post on Carmelite water, an herb-infused spirit that has many variations, but who’s defining herb is lemon balm. Lemon balm is also known as sweet melissa. My first crack...
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Fiery Jun Vinegar (A Variation on Fire Cider)
In the last year or so, I’ve noticed this stuff called Fire Cider on the shelves of crunchy stores in my neighborhood. It’s apple cider vinegar infused with a bunch of spicy things. It always looks...
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Summer field trip: Cultured in Berkeley, CA
Last summer my travels took me to Boulder, Colorado, where I had hoped to gain some insight into the Jun culture. Unfortunately, Tonic “herban” lounge, did not have staff members that were very...
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Dandelion, the nature of tonics, and herbal “coffee.”
A few days ago, I posted a recipe for dandelion burdock soda. I’ve given burdock a write up before, but now it’s dandelion’s turn. Dandelion, perhaps the weediest of all lawn weeds, is full of...
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Dandelion-Burdock Soda: British and Beautiful.
Recently my sister went on a trip to England, and she sent me this picture of this during her travels. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that I’ve actually seen this soda in New York (yeah, we have...
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High Season: what’s brewing in your cabinet?
As we sweat through another midsummer, fermentations thrive! Here’s what I have in my cabinet today. A few are alcohol infusions, most are ferments. I have some writing to do about these, I guess! Stay...
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Strawberry Jun in June: Summer flavor mmm!
Happy Solstice! I have been fermenting away but too busy to write about it very much lately. I have to confess: with flavoring I can get rather boring because once I hit on a flavor winner, I tend...
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Herbal Bouillon
In early March, I finally managed to catch a meeting with my local fermentation meetup group– yes, that is a thing that exists! I usually miss them because of my work schedule. The March theme of the...
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Cultured Butter
For ages, my boyfriend has been suggesting that we should try making our own butter. I think he was imagining us in a pastoral setting, me with braids in my hair and petticoats around my waist, and...
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Congee
The last post I published had to do with me getting a cold. Luckily, I am over that hurdle now, but in the meantime I came up with a great healing breakfast that utilizes a recent fermentation that I...
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Alewife gets a cold, engages with Osha root: Monica’s tincture.
Brooklyn Alewife has a cold. I thought I got through this winter without getting sick at all. Till now. I do recall some time in mid-January, I almost got sick and warded it off with plenty of...
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Healthy Jun Mother
I’m sending a fresh Jun mother out to Kathleen in Missouri. Here is the SCOBY in her batch of Jun just before I packed her up. Notice the old SCOBY is still floating low in the brew. Jun tends to make...
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Mak Kimchi
Last year I posted a recipe for my first foray into kimchi making: kkakdugi, or daikon kimchi. Since then, I have acquired The Kimchi Cookbook by Lauryn Chun. The book features a great assortment of...
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Bourbon Vanilla Extract
vanilla bean (Photo credit: missmareck) Early in 2013, I joined a facebook group called “Kombucha Nation,” thanks to one of my blog readers who exchanged SCOBY with me. The group has been...
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Ginger Beer: Warmth in a Cool Drink
Last month I made my latest batch of ginger beer, a project which I tend to do once a year around this time. Ginger is great at any time, but cool weather prompts me to use warming spices. There are...
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Happy Equinox! A boozy remedy recipe for cold season.
English: Ripening elderberries (Photo credit: Wikipedia) September is almost gone, and I’m not sure where it went! As we hit the fall equinox, we move into true autumn: my favorite season. I can...
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Cultured Butter
For ages, my boyfriend has been suggesting that we should try making our own butter. I think he was imagining us in a pastoral setting, me with braids in my hair and petticoats around my waist, and...
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Congee
The last post I published had to do with me getting a cold. Luckily, I am over that hurdle now, but in the meantime I came up with a great healing breakfast that utilizes a recent fermentation that I...
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Alewife gets a cold, engages with Osha root: Monica’s tincture.
Brooklyn Alewife has a cold. I thought I got through this winter without getting sick at all. Till now. I do recall some time in mid-January, I almost got sick and warded it off with plenty of...
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