This year, Thanksgiving tastes better with cider, curry and chocolate.   The Ingredients Kabocha squash, radicchio, and  Rocombole garlic all make an appearance along with roasted Iroquois White Corn, Chestnut flour and Mexican chocolate, paired to perfection with our complex, delicious ciders for a Thanksgiving feast. Local ingredients with global flavors. The Setting On this…

Bitter is so under appreciated. Absent from so many American palates, a meal with out bitter feels flabby. Once acclimated, one’s mouth yearns for the refreshing sensations. Making vegetables delicious is one way to be certain you’ll eat more of them. So be generous with the olive oil in this dish. -Bitter greens and purples…

One of my favorite dessert pairings of all times is a wedge of simple not-very-sweet chocolate cake (especially spicy, cinnamon chocolate cake) and a glass of ice cider. In this (gluten free) cake recipe, we celebrate the mighty chestnut tree. If you want to learn more about how amazing chestnut trees are, the people who…

Roasted Iroquois White Corn flour and maple syrup elevate cast iron corn bread to a new level of depth and flavor. You can purchase Iroquois White Corn flour online, and support this awesome project to revive a 1,400 year old seed variety and bring traditional native foods to native communities and the community at large.…

Can you imagine life with out curry? What was you life like before tasting curry for the first time? Aren’t you thankful for curry? Here is the simplest trick to elevate baked squash from the mundane to the extraordinary: Peel and and cube your favorite squash. (I love Kubocha for it’s rich flavor and virtually…

As the days grow colder, the evenings grow longer, and we find a moment to linger by the woodstove, sipping 5-year-old Pommeau, deep in conversation making winter plans… The Ingredients Lively Run’s brie style cheese, Sheldrake Moon, is transformed into a decadent autumn treat with our own Northern Spy apples, toasted nuts and Beeman Apiaries raw honey scooped…