Just as my wife and I stopped writing in our individual blogs, my cooking blog fell by the wayside. It feels, now, rather as if that blog's time has passed. We're still cooking, though. A cookbook is in a (very) preliminary stage. We'll be entering the Build a Better Burger Contest later this month. The canning bug bit us (watermelon rind pickles, plum butter, spiced apple butter) last month, with more to come - peach chutney, my kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce) and Thai-style red curry paste, and who knows what else. Hopefully, some spiced figs. The fruit on the fig tree out back is ripening for the first time in three summers here. Anyway, in keeping with our new joint blog, we're starting this cooking blog that will represent both my culinary efforts, as well as my wife's.
Along with the theme stated in the blog's description, we are discovering a new emphasis on local food and sustainability in our own culinary interests that we expect will spill over into this blog. Globally local, perhaps? One of our goals is to acquire land and establish a hobby farm. Things on our 'bucket list' include learning to make our own cheese, butter and yogurt; sauerkraut and kimchee; establish a long-term sourdough culture; grow our own grains; and the like. Given a chance, I'd like to try making my own artisanal soy sauce, garlic bean paste/hot bean paste, miso and tempeh.
We invite you to travel our road with us as we extend our own culinary horizons...
Steven
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