Every summer there is a blueberry story.

And a blueberry story would be expected to be a pretty light and frivolous thing. But, this is a story with a perplexing undercurrent that I tried to edit out...for the sake of light reading, but it was having none of that, and found a way to surface. I hope you don't mind.

My blueberry story this year, is dedicated to everyone who works to bring food to our tables. May they all find the beauty in the fields, and the respect they are due.

Picking blueberries, to me, is what work in heaven must be like (if one is inclined to work in heaven). Sunshine, sweet berries, quiet summer sounds and smells, a satisfying, proud and sun-washed feeling at the end of a day of work, that can hardly be called work - because you know it w...

A couple weeks I took up the challenge to create a beer made entirely out of ingredients from my local co-op. Last week I posted the recipe. Today I finally taste it.

Beers usually sit for 10 days in the bottle, at least, to ensure that they are carbonated. There is a trick people used in their homes way back when to see if a home brew was carbonated: they dropped a raisin in the bottle and when it rose to the top, it was done. I’ve done that trick in the past and tried it again with these. Judging by when the raisin rose, it only took 3-4 days, left out on the counter, for the bottles to carbonate.

I carbonated these in beer bottles since I have tons, but you can carbonate in many different kinds of containe...