Every year I like to write a blog collecting DIY Christmas gift ideas, recipes, and how-to for Christmas gifts (or any holiday!). I try to include a variety of options for bakers, crafters, skincare junkies, and everybody in between. I’ve…
Immune Boosting Honey Fermented Cranberries
Honey Fermented Cranberries make a delicious treat, snack, or sauce that’s full of seasonal flavor and antioxidants. You can eat them plain to boost your immune system or add herbs and spread onto a crusty piece of sourdough. This recipe…
The Benefits of Using a Shower Filter
In a world where we’re constantly exposed to plastics, chemicals, pollutants, and pharmaceuticals, filtered water is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Last year, after learning about all the nasty things living in our city water, I bought a…
Why You Should Brew Loose Leaf Tea
People have been brewing loose leaf tea for millennia. Like many other things, brewing tea in bags is an invention of modern convenience culture; turning something that was once a soothing ritual into a quick caffeinated cup. I’m sure it…
Flaky and Buttery Sourdough Pie Crust
Sourdough pie crust is one of my favorite things to make from scratch. With little extra effort, it elevates the flavor and texture of your pie, quiche, breakfast pastry, chicken pot pie, or hand pie! Additionally, homemade pie crusts can…
The Art and Science of Homemaking
Everyone is a homemaker If you live somewhere like a house, an apartment, a duplex, with your grandparents, or even in a college dorm, you are a homemaker. Because homemaking is simply cultivating a home. Now, in order to understand…
Gamma’s Dutch Apple Cake with Vanilla and Cardamom
A few months ago, I inherited an old box of recipes from my great-great-grandmother, who everyone affectionately called “Gamma”. The box was filled with stained sheets of paper holding her flowing cursive handwriting and recipe clippings from magazines and newspapers….
17 Delicious Sourdough Inclusions to Try
Sourdough Inclusions are becoming quite popular as more and more people discover fermented bread! I love adding new flavors and ingredients to my sourdough but it does take a little bit of knowledge before you start tossing things into your…
Vintage Crocks as Functional Decor
Vintage crocks and stoneware were the kinds of pieces I was always drawn to but never knew what to do with. Yes, they look beautiful and often have great texture or color, but it’s not always obvious how to incorporate…
Easy No-Knead Sourdough Bread for Beginners
This no-knead sourdough bread recipe is a delightfully easy way to learn the sourdough process. Because this is a medium hydration dough, you can make no-knead bread without using a stand mixer or bread machine. By utilizing a few simple…
Green Tea Kombucha: The Perfect Recipe
Learn all the ends and outs of making green tea kombucha at home. This recipe will give you perfect, bubbly kombucha every time!
Sourdough Discard Pumpkin Bread Recipe
If you love fall flavors, you will delight in this sourdough discard pumpkin bread that is soft, tangy, crunchy, and fermented!