Food & Beverage

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.

Flashback: Solar Herb Dryer

Oftentimes, the bounty of the season is, well, bountiful and more plentiful than can be used immediately. In my garden, the mint, parsley, and cilantro are thriving, and while I love using these fresh herbs in my cooking, I still have way more than I can use fresh. Enter our flashback for this week: a […]

Kids Make Whip Cream

Alice and Arlo, hard at work and focused on the prize! I’m always amazed at how satisfying it is to beat your own whip cream, especially by hand, and for kids it’s no exception. I can rarely get either of my boys to hunker down in the kitchen with me for a real baking session, […]

Homemade Treats for Pups (and Persons)

Homemade Treats for Pups (and Persons) By Wendy Tremayne and Mikey Sklar Holy Scrap Hot Springs blog.holyscraphotsprings.com/ At the Holy Scrap homestead in Truth or Consequences, N.M., we are engaged in a never-ending cycle that replaces the consumer products we are accustomed to buying with a homemade, improved version of them. Little by little our […]