Madeline Chickedantz Madeline Chickedantz

Permission to Question the Defaults

If you're new to traditional skills—if you're standing at the edge of sourdough or fermentation or any of the old ways, feeling like it's too much, too complicated, not for someone like you…I want to offer you this: You don't have to see the whole path to take the first step. You can start with one jar of starter, one batch of yogurt, one small question about whether the way you've always done things is really the way they have to be done

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Madeline Chickedantz Madeline Chickedantz

The CSA Survival Guide

CSAs are about more than just vegetables. It's eating seasonally without thinking about it and the best forcing function for cooking real food.

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Madeline Chickedantz Madeline Chickedantz

Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Veggie Meals

Having flexible “choose-your-own-adventure” formulas makes it way easier to use up any CSA or farmers market surprise. Here are some mix-and-match recipe blueprints you can plug any veggie into:

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Madeline Chickedantz Madeline Chickedantz

Finding Local Food: Reclaiming a Food System That Makes Sense

Picture this: It's June. Peak strawberry season, but the berries in your grocery store were picked two weeks ago, 1,500 miles away, while perfectly ripe ones are rotting in a field 10 miles from your house. This isn't just about freshness. This is about reclaiming a food system that makes sense.

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Pear, Vanilla & Lime Jam

Homemade pear, vanilla, lime jam is a great addition to sourdough toast, or a turkey, ricotta, sourdough sandwich.

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