Heirloom apple mix from Southern Appalachia A few weeks ago, a friend ‘found’ some apples — about two bushels — that were just ripe for the pickin’. So, for the past few weeks, I’ve been trying to do stuff with them before they go bad. I didn’t feel like making standard apple sauce or apple … Continue reading
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Late Summer Tummy Love
Late Summer arrived near the beginning of August. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a rare type of ancestral medicine that has remained quite flexible and integrated, Late Summer is one of its five seasons. It falls between Summer and Fall and is time when the yin (feminine) and yang (masculine) energies are balanced. When Fall … Continue reading
Liquid Nurturing
Turmeric powder and fresh root About four years ago, my life went through some shocking changes. A short relationship had ended abruptly (although right on time, really), triggered by an abortion that I went through. Deciding to go through the abortion was very difficult. However, after consulting my inner wisdom and guidance (and with heart-felt … Continue reading
Summer Peach Chutney (lacto-fermented)
Fresh and fuzzy peaches Unfortunately, these beauties are one of the most sprayed fruits in the US. So, always wash and peel (sigh, as if that really does anything) and buy organic (ask the farmer if they are chemical-free!) whenever possible! Below, I have a lacto-fermented peach chutney recipe for you. But, first — a … Continue reading
Kickin’ the Coffee Habit
If this picture stimulates your salivary glands and kicks in your coffee craving, consider that you are addicted to coffee. I kicked my short-lived habit about 10 years ago. I used to drink quite a bit in one day (I think, encouraged by my restaurant job at the time). However, after a couple years of … Continue reading
Mint-Fennel-Rose Whey Cooler
Whey cooler ingredients (+ organic cane sugar) One of the best ways to cool off and break up cascading heat in the body is by putting mints in you or on you. And, one of my favorite ways of taking in mint is by drinking a whey cooler. Whey (a by-product of making queso fresco … Continue reading
Apple-atcha: A Cider Pressin’ Story
Last year, my friend and I made apple cider from the treasure-trove of forgotten apple orchards in Western North Carolina. On some lonely trails behind a small, humble retreat center there are literally dozens of heirloom apple trees, mingled in with the wild, that drop bushels of apples on the forest floor and no one … Continue reading
Food Sovereignty
Hello dear readers… I’m about to share with you a topic that is the nearest and dearest to my heart — food sovereignty. And, ultimately what I mean by this is community-based NOURISHMENT. After being raised in a “food desert” of sorts in small Mississippi town, it took me years to recover my health and … Continue reading
Fermented Quinoa Raisin Muffins
After buying a 25 lb bulk bag of white quinoa, let’s just say I’ve been doing some experimenting. First of all, I would like to praise the merits of buying in bulk. If you have a cool place to store bulk items (I use a galvanized steel trash can in a cool part of the … Continue reading
Forgotten Forests
“But perhaps we may make our stand along the *edge* of that civilization, like a magician, or like a person who, having lived among another tribe, can no longer wholly return to his own. He lingers half within and half outside of his community, open as well, then, to the shifting voices and flapping forms … Continue reading
Lindsay Kolasa 