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5 Preserves That Don’t Require a Recipe

October 11, 2016 By Olga

Every year, around this time, I am elbow deep in some kind of fruit. Some would come from my garden, and some would come from the forest near to our place, but from the beginning of May till let’s say end of October I am probably preparing some kind of things with some kind of fruit….

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods

Creamy Mushroom Pasta (and Men Belong in the Kitchen, Too)

May 2, 2016 By Olga

Anne wrote a great post about the role of women in the kitchen, giving it a positive spin “Reasons You Should Be in the Kitchen.” But it got me thinking that men belong in the kitchen too. In fact, as the saying goes, “everyone belongs in the kitchen, the kitchen has food,” but the fact…

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Filed Under: Meals, Pasta

Your Little Guide to Roots and Tubers

March 16, 2016 By Olga

“Excuse me, what’s that?”- said the lady behind me in the checkout queue in the supermarket. “Excuse me?” I replied, somewhat surprised. My cart didn’t contain anything that would have looked weird to anyone. Or so I thought. “That,”- said the lady, pointing at the beetroot I bought for salad. “Oh that. That’s a beetroot.”…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Weird Science Tagged With: how-to, what is this

Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe

January 11, 2016 By Olga

Vanilla isn’t lame or boring. It’s amazing. And you can make extract yourself cheaply and easily. Here's how! | FoodRetro.com

I always get this weird feeling when I go to the liquor store. As I pass rows of bottles and more bottles, I keep my head down and think to myself: “I am an adult woman. Adults sometimes drink alcohol. I shouldn’t be ashamed. I can do this.”, but this internal monologue changes into: “who…

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Filed Under: Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry Tagged With: how-to, Kitchen Chemistry

3 Tips with Foraging With Kids

September 7, 2015 By Olga

I’ve been busy canning, preserving, cooking and basically dealing with fruit in rather large quantities. Many of said fruit came from our own backyard and many were eaten raw before I could even think what to do with them, but most of that ended up in jams, cakes, juices and I don’t even know what…

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, Greenish Thumb Things, Herb Lore Things, The Urban Homestead

15 Edible (and Delicious!) Rose Petal Recipes

July 20, 2015 By Olga

It’s July and the smell of roses is still in the air. You probably picture them on your window sill. On the table, in a vase. Given as a gift to someone you love. In fact, the rose is one of the most formidable flower there is, often called the Queen of Flowers.  But have…

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Filed Under: Greenish Thumb Things, Kitchen Chemistry, Preserved foods, The Urban Homestead

Why Eggs Explode but You Should Eat Them Anyway

June 17, 2015 By Olga

My friend, Olga, has guest posted here before. She’s expressed an interest in contributing more frequently, and so I’m happy to introduce her as a regular guest blogger here on FoodRetro! –Anne Since you’ll be seeing more of me on FoodRetro, I thought I’d introduce myself properly. My name is Olga. If you’re interested in reading…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Chemistry, Science Gives Me A Hadron, The Answer is 42, Tips & Tricks

Kitchen Gadgets I Can’t Live Without (Guest post by @TheEuropeanMama)

February 16, 2015 By Olga

As much as I love making things from scratch, I also very much appreciate all technology especially designed to make my life easier. And sometimes said technology helps me make things from scratch, which is kind of ironic. For a long time, we lived in rented apartments so I used what was available, but once…

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Filed Under: Beauty(ful) Things, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead

Debunking the Rice Experiment

September 19, 2014 By Olga

Hey readers, I’m getting all worked up prepping for conference going in a couple weeks, and that involves helping a couple people get their websites ready to go for the occasion! So I’ve got a few friends who’ve volunteered to cover for me. One is Olga Mecking, my friend across the pond. She’s been here…

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Filed Under: Science Gives Me A Hadron, SLIDER, The Answer is 42

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