A look at process: why some lactic ferments bubble (and others may not)

Mid-November, a beaver update, and two cranberry recipes

I am writing to you today from a cozy fire-heated space looking out onto a sodden, misty landscape. I am not sure about the wee Oregon juncos that are out the window popping along the ground for their breakfast of seeds, but certainly, the trees and waterways are nourished by this rain after a long, dry summer. This is the second day in a row that I am …