Episode 25: Cellar Food

KevinCanning & Preserves, Charcuterie, Cider, Dry Cured Meats, From the Cellar, From the Garden, Heart, Kevin TV, Pickles, Pig Ham, Root Cellar, Vegetables, Winter Veg11 Comments

Strange. It’s mid-December, the soil’s frozen, plants toast – but counterintuitively, this time of year is one of the best times of year food-wise. The freezers are full of a variety of meats, fruits, stocks, lard, and more. The wine cellar’s full of apple wines, ciders, and dry cured pork and game, while the root cellar is an exciting world … Read More

Airing Out The Cellar

KevinFrom the Cellar, Root Cellar1 Comment

This is a first for me, despite it likely becoming an annual ritual for decades to come: airing out the root cellar. I’d noticed starting sometime in May that my 1 year old cellar was starting to smell like that of some old grandparent. Musty, kinda stinky, but familiar enough to not be altogether unpleasant. Then I remembered reading somewhere … Read More