Recipe

Elderflower Syrup and Cordial

May is a wonderful month. Flowers are everywhere, fishing is getting into gear and the summer garden is laden with…

How-To (DIY stuff)

Wild Salsify Lives Everywhere

I see salsify. It’s everywhere. And I didn’t know it was salsify. Until now. We have had wild salsify root…

Recipe

Bacchus Biscuits: Greek Fennel Cookies

I first made these fennel cookies for our annual Big Fat Greek Party, a festival of all things Greek we…

Foraging

Cretan Olives with Seville Oranges

A found olive is a rare thing, unless you live in Northern California. They grow everywhere here, yet few people even…

Recipe

Venison with Morel Sauce

I am happy to report that the morel mushrooms in this venison steak were not the only ones we found in…