Posts by Emily Simon

Two ingredients. Two fermentation stages. One pantry staple you will never have to buy again. Pull open the cabinet under almost any kitchen sink in America and you will find a jug of white...

A real-dollar breakdown of gardens, chickens, pantry staples, and the quick wins that pay off immediately Most homesteading content falls into one of two camps. The first camp is breathless...

There is a moment most chicken keepers know well. You are hauling another 50-pound bag of layer pellets from the truck to the coop, and somewhere between the parking lot and the gate you start...

There is a jar of peanut butter in most American kitchens right now. It has been there so long that nobody really thinks about it anymore. It gets scooped onto toast, spread onto apples, stirred into...

There's a particular kind of gardening frustration that every tomato grower knows. You did everything right. You amended the soil. You watered consistently. You staked the plants carefully and...

There's a sound that belongs to childhood. Not a song, not a voice — a sound. The soft, rapid crackling of Rice Krispies hitting cold milk. The way it starts immediately, builds for a few...