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Superfood Laboratory

What is it that turns food into superfood? There is a way to take freshly harvested vegetables out of your garden and process them in such a way as to add a dozen different vitamins and at the same time … Continue reading

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I Ferment My Salad

I have been looking around for other ways to eat sauerkraut besides my normal ways. In the past, when I didn’t eat kraut very often I would either cook it with some form of smoked meat, sausage or pork chops. … Continue reading

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No Rumen? No Problem!

If you are the kind of person that has trouble eating dairy products, it is still possible for you to get all of the value of eating dairy without any of the issues. Most of the time when people are … Continue reading

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Show’s Over, Move Along

Yesterday at three we concluded our very first live workshop on the why’s and how’s of fermenting foods at the Dew Yahs shop in Parkville, MO. It was really nice to be in the front of so many people that … Continue reading

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Living With Rot

fer·men·ta·tion ˌfərmənˈtāSH(ə)n/ noun the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat. Fermentation has been used since before man could write. There is evidence that neolithic people were … Continue reading

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It’s Alive!

Did you ever wonder how people had food to eat before there was refrigeration and modern food preservation techniques? Once all the leaves are off of the trees and all of the food has been harvested in the garden, there … Continue reading

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…Love Thyself

This weekend we had a chance to see the play “Hairspray” as performed by a local production company. I hadn’t ever heard any part of the story, my knowledge was limited to the fact that John Travolta played a role … Continue reading

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Canned Love

It is so easy to think that the way things were when you were born, or at least before you were old enouh to form your own memories, is the way that things have always been. My own early memories, … Continue reading

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Do It Yourself

You would not believe how easy it is to make your own foods from scratch. Things that you buy at the store and assume would be very complicated to make at home are not. The advantages to doing it yourself … Continue reading

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