Category: cooking

Quick Pickling Pasilla Bajio Peppers

What could be easier than quick pickling? In this post we show how to pickle some mild peppers.

Homemade tarragon vinegar

Tarragon vinegar is a staple of French cuisine. (French chefs often combine it with mustard.) “I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism,” James Beard said, “I…

Herbal Bitters Recipes

For my next two batches of bitters I followed a base herbal bitters recipe from Mark Bitterman. He uses three bittering agents in his herbal bitters: I tsp…

The Bitter Gardener

Bitters are handy in cocktails and cooking — or even to just flavor water for drinking. This is my first batch of bitters, and the result is satisfying.

Making your own bitters means you have control over the ingredients. Most of mine come from the garden and are organic.