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Scoop of chocolate ice cream on top of a slice of chocolate cake.

How To Make Homemade Ice Cream (KYF163)

Why We Love Cast Iron | My husband asked about the black specks in the mashed potatoes. "Oh, that's just my frying pan. The non-stick coating is wearing away." Then he brought home a box of old cast iron pans from a garage sale. I ignored them as long as I could, but now? I'm the biggest fan ever -- here's why we love cast iron. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Why We Love Cast Iron

Food cooked in aluminum foil

Rethinking Aluminum Foil

These are NOT the vinegar pickles you find in the store! Once pickled, there's an explosion of vitamins, enzymes, probiotics, beneficial acids, and most importantly... a delicious crunch! And I make them in one of my favorite kitchen tools -- a fermenting crock from Ohio Stoneware!

Old-Fashioned, Crunchy, Fermented Garlic-Dill Pickles

KYF #164: "The Cave" Homemade Cheese Cave & Fermenting Chamber | Karen and her family are home fermenters living in a modern world where houses don't have cellars or cheese caves. And now they are bringing us The Cave: a chamber that can heat, cool, humidify, and circulate air for making cheeses, dry curing meats, and fermenting almost anything. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/164

The Cave” Homemade Cheese Cave & Fermenting Chamber (KYF164)

The Ultimate Cheese Press Is Updated! (New Video) | Just a quick note this Saturday morning to share news of my favorite cheese press, the Ultimate Cheese Press from Homesteader Supply. It's design is improved, it's now being made from hardwood maple, and it's being seasoned with organic coconut oil! The bit about seasoning is the best part. Jerri from Homesteader Supply heard my request to give us a press that's got an oil we love to use -- and she listened. | GNOWFGLINS.com

The Ultimate Cheese Press is Updated (New Video)!

How To Season Cast Iron | f you look at the science behind the seasoning of cast iron, you'll find that using cold-pressed, unrefined, organic flaxseed oil, with its low smoke point, is the best for achieving a hard, slick, lasting finish on cast iron. So I followed this seasoning recommendation on my always-sticking cast iron pans, and I’m thrilled with the results! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Season Cast Iron

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Q & A: Grain Mill Options

Cooking Outdoors {Plus a Rocket Stove Dinner!}

Cooking Outdoors {Plus a Rocket Stove Dinner!}

stack of stainless steel pots and pans on a kitchen countertop

Using & Cleaning Stainless Steel Cookware (Is It Really Non-Toxic?)

Last year propane was nearly double what we'd paid in the past. So, after considerable research and shopping around, we purchased a Napolean wood burning stove with a cook top. Here are a few of the advantages and disadvantages of heating with wood -- as well as some things we learned when purchasing our stove. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Heating With a Wood Stove

Cheesemaking Resources

Cheesemaking Resources

Free Video: Simple Tool -- Scottish Spurtle

Free Video: Simple Tool — Scottish Spurtle

Solar Cooking 101 | This summer I have been experimenting with solar cooking. What an amazing experience! I love solar cooking for so many reasons, and in this post I tell you why I love it, which oven I recommend, plus I clear up misconceptions about solar cooking and I share my best tips. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Solar Cooking 101 {why you should & how to get started!}

My Top 10 Favorite Kitchen Gadgets

My Top 10 Favorite Kitchen Gadgets

Sourdough Pizza in an Outdoor Pizza Oven (Video) | I'm thrilled to introduce you to my parents, Ibrahim and Martha. Not only do they live in beautiful Montana, they've got this absolutely amazing outdoor pizza oven. I begged just a little bit, and they said yes to filming one of their pizza baking days. Be sure to watch ALL the way to the end... for a laugh! Plus photos from the videos and more info on creating a pizza oven. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Sourdough Pizza in an Outdoor Pizza Oven (Video)

5 Surprising Ways To Use Your Crock Pot | Crock pots are easy to use, hands-off, and oh-so-portable. We're going beyond regular uses -- here are 5 surprising ways to use a crock pot. Which have you tried? What would you add? | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/104

5 Surprising Ways To Use Your Crock Pot (KYF104)

8 Eclectic, Fun, & Useful Kitchen Hand Tools | Hand tools... they're my weakness. A good hand tool wins me over with its beauty and function. I do everything I can to avoid the noise and mess of an appliance. Life is just simpler and better when you have a good tool that gets the job done with very little fuss. Here are my favorite 8 eclectic, fun, and useful hand tools. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/149

8 Eclectic, Fun, and Useful Kitchen Hand Tools (KYF149)