RESOURCES FOR A SLOW FOOD KITCHEN
Books:
●Your Organic Kitchen: The Essential Guide to Selecting and Cooking Organic Foods, by Jesse Ziff Cool. A cookbook.
●Ball Blue Book of Canning and Preserving author unknown. This has recipes and instructions for just about anything you can imagine putting in a jar!
●Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver – inspirational account of how Barbara and her family grew their own food (or bought it locally) for a year.
●Home Cheese Making by Ricki Carroll. Instructions and recipes.
● Grains of Truth: Using Whole Grains the EASY Way by Donna G. Spann (a resource book for grains, not a cookbook)
● Breakfasts with Blender Batter Baking Allergy Alternatives by Sue Gregg
● An Introduction to Whole Grain Baking by Sue Gregg
● Soups and Muffins by Sue Gregg
● The Breadbeckers Recipe Collection (the Red Book for baking bread)
Contacts:
●www.breadbeckers.com – website to order grains and supplies
●Pat Haskell – local beekeeper - 703-560-3484. At the farmer’s markets too. She also teaches beekeeping!
●Chris Mayol: mayolsemail@gmail.com Chris runs the breadbeckers co-op. You can email him at this address and ask to join. He’ll send you instructions. We all save on shipping by combining our orders. He puts the orders in and gets the delivery. Everyone picks up from his house. We order quarterly.
●www.kitchenkrafts.com – sells canning equipment. They have a starter set that looks good.
●www.cheesemaking.com –New England Cheese Making Supply Co.
●www.bikerev.com – this is where I bought my bike trailer.
●www.potomacvegetablefarms.org This is my CSA, but they’re closed for 2009.
●http://www.buylocalvirginia.org/bfbl/index.php search for a local CSA
●http://www.vabf.org/csa.php search for a local CSA
●South Mountain Creamery – home milk delivery. Contact at 301-371-8565 or cowfamilymilk@comcast.net. Last I heard, they don’t deliver in Fairfax yet, but they will when they have enough customers. I need to sign up!
●Deb Werrlein – me! Feel free to write or call with questions. dwerrlein@aol.com or 703-978-0688
What you need to can fruits and vegetables:
- A water-bath canner – a basic large pot with a rack to submerge jars in water
- Tongs – to lift hot jars out of water
- Wide mouthed Funnel – to protect clean jar while filling
- Rings and lids – sold together or separately
- Jars – size and shape according to contents
**you don’t need a “pressure canner” for high acidic foods like tomatoes and fruit**
Equipment for bread making:
- Zojirushi 2 lb. Home Bread Baker BBCC-X20 $215.00
- WonderMill Grain Mill $259.00
Total: $474.00
Your first Breadbeckers order:
00147 - Country Style Bread Bags - $2.50
00344 – Aluminum Bucket Opener - $7.00 – you need this!
00043 – Gamma Seal Lid - $8.00 (1 for each 6 gallon bucket you order. Get different colors for different grains for easy id in your pantry)
00041 – Instaferm Instant Yeast 1 lb. - $5.24 (way better than grocery store)
00046 – Lecithin Powder – 1 lb. Baggie - $6.86
00047 – Gluten – 1 lb. Baggie $5.59
Grains we recommend:
08060 – Wheat Hard Red Organic 45lbs. 6 ga. Bckt. - $46.21 – best for muffins/quick breads
08105 - Wheat Hard White ORGANIC 45lbs. 6 gal. Bckt $47.09 best for loaves
08140 - Wheat Soft White ORGANIC 45lbs. 6 gal. Bckt. $48.62 – for bakery
00052 - The Bread Beckers Recipe Collection - $6.00
- honey – you can get it from breadbeckers, but I buy it locally, see contacts.
- Subtotal: $183.11 (if you ordered all three buckets of grain together)
What you need to make simple cheeses:
I started with the “30-minute mozzarella and ricotta kit” from www.cheesemaking.com. The kit includes all your ingredients except milk. You’ll also need a big pot, non-fluorinated water, some sort of thermometer (I use a candy thermometer), and a large slotted spoon.
Other tips for a “green” kitchen
- cloth napkins
- cloth towels instead of paper towel (almost always appropriate)
- avoid paper plates/plastic utensils
- I line my trash can with plastic, then use a paper grocery bag inside it
- cloth/reusable grocery bags for shopping
- Try tupperware, pyrex, wax paper etc. to avoid cellophane and foil.
- give up the Ziploc freezer bags unless you’re actually freezing something!
- use an inverted plate instead of paper towel to cover food in the microwave
- compost your food waste instead of using the disposal
- buy food in bulk, buy it local and organic when you can
- Avoid individually packaged food. Choose food in recyclable or no packaging.
- recycle all that cardboard packaging with your newspapers
- recycle appropriate plastic, including plastic grocery bags
- cook with whole foods (less packaging, less processing)
- don’t put your veggies in plastic at the supermarket, use your reusable grocery bags
- avoid plastic water bottles. We use Sigg bottles from Whole Foods.
- use environmentally friendly cleaners (I use Shaklee, but grocery stores have some green products now).
- join a CSA (community supported agriculture) and/or shop at farmers’ markets
- ride your bike to the grocery store!
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