Maison Bleue

The many activities to sequester the season’s produce for future use continue at Maison Bleue: harvesting and pickling, preserving and fermenting and seed saving for next year. Heather’s giant Darwin tomato seeds provided a particularly tasty variety of firm fleshed, large, dark pink tomatoes and seeds are stashed for next season and for gifts for [...]

The year of the ferment continues, and even when overseas in India recently more and interesting fermented foods were part of daily life. It is remarkable how all cultures seem to have their version of health giving fermented foods. Fermentation of seasonal produce as a means to provide a source of vegetables in winter has [...]