Hot Pepper Sauce
Whenever Justin or I go grocery shopping, we always hit the "reduced produce" aisle. The best thing about the reduced produce aisle is that much of the stuff just looks bad, but isn't. At least not yet. Tonight, they had a bunch of hot peppers that were all wrinkled...
Ginger Bug’s A-Brewin
This last six months or so, I've been kind of fascinated and obsessed with fermented things. It started with sourdough many years ago. It moved firmly into kefir & sauerkraut this fall and now into mildly alcoholic brews, namely ginger ale. Justin & I gave...
Grocery Project Final Tally
Went out to Baja Burrito for lunch $14.02 + $112.63 = $113.65 Whole Foods 1 gallon organic milk $5.99 sales tax $0.00 Total $5.99 Shaws (from 9/25) 1lb regular lentils $1.19 seltzer water $1.19 .77lb kale $1.15 sales tax $0.00 Total $3.61 Not Just...
Suburbia, Sofritas & Grocery Project 9/27
I don't like suburbia. It makes me sad with its sticky pavement under beige-and-smog backdrop. There is no joy in the suburbs, only heartache. Only traffic. Only box stores and styrofoam columns covered in a thin layer of peeling stucco. Only open- and closed-malls...
Sept 25, Grocery Project & Grape Juice
It's been an incredibly busy week so far, but we still made time for homemade grape juice. We had a bumper crop of Concord grapes at the community garden this year, so Justin & I were able to get just enough to make about a pint of grape juice without feeling too...
Sept 20, Grocery Project
Things are moving along smoothly as we make our transition from summer to autumn in New England. The nights and mornings are noticeably chillier; the sun is a bit weaker and sets earlier. I have started bringing my plants in as well as re-potted many indoor plants...