It’s quite wonderful to milk our own sheep and make fresh milk cheese—in our animal ecosystem of sheep, chickens, cats. Our animal ecosystem (Sheep and kitty) Far right: Barred owl
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Gorgeous cheese, freshest milk, “native” cultures
Gorgeous cheese—it’s cheesemaking time again! Kilele (mom of triplets, Francis, Leo, Clare) and Sufu (mom of singleton, Big Agnes) are producing beautiful milk—high in fat and protein. The milk is ripened with cultures, and some whey saved from the previous batch of cheese. Coagulant added, later cut into curds, and eventually whey separated to reheat…
Beautiful vegetables
Taking a little time from research and writing, beautiful vegetables are a must-have. if we all can agree on one thing, it’s eat more veggies! Here, cabbage and beets…other root veggies. Gentle roast, not scorch! True also for the pizza, dough from La Fiamma, mushrooms grown in our house. For more, see my FoodWISE (https://gigiberardi.com/foodwise-3/#book).
“Real Brie” and “Real Manchego” cheeses
Brie and Manchego—I’ve started to make soft, mold-ripened cheeses, and I must say they are delicious. You can eat them as soon as the mold has developed, a week after setting the curds, even better, two weeks later. And a month later? Delish! But is this REAL BRIE—no, it’s not going to taste like the…
FoodWISE’s stop-think-then, act
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, concluding “My FoodWISE” with its mantra, “Stop-think-then act.” Sign up for December book giveaways and recipes at gigiberardi.com. #food #foodie #instafood #foodphotography #foodstagram #yummy #instagood #love #foodblogger #foodlover #delicious #follow #like #healthyfood #homemade #foodWISE #tasty #healthy #instagram #eat
FoodWISE, access, and resilience
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, concluding “My FoodWISE” with the seventh idea: access, resilience, and reducing vulnerability. She talks about Inspiration Farm (@Insprationfarm), which creates all of the above with a seed saving bank. Here’s part of the bank. Sign up for December book giveaways and recipes at gigiberardi.com.
FoodWISE and convivial eating
Gigi Berardi reads My FoodWISE, the fifth component is “convivial eating”—although not during COVID! In the video, she explains a little about these delicious Kenyan dishes! Sign up here for recipes and book giveaways: https://gigiberardi.com/ Image: Beautiful tomato coconut curry
FoodWISE and shopping for quality
Gigi Berardi reads My FoodWISE, the fifth component is “about shopping for quality—taste, flavor, aroma, texture, and more. Sign up here for recipes and book giveaways: https://gigiberardi.com/ Image: Beautiful spring-summer produce.
FoodWISE and chickens
Gigi Berardi reads My FoodWISE, the third component is “humane!” and the fourth is about valuing biodiversity. We have three breeds: Barred Rock, Delaware, and Rhode Island Red. The Delaware (a beautiful white chicken) is less common than the others. Sign up here for recipes and book giveaways: gigiberardi.com/ Image: Our chickens, free to roam…
FoodWISE: Viva Farms—changing the face of farming
Gigi Berardi reads My FoodWISE, the second component is “regenerative!” As with all that Viva Farms does in the Skagit Valley, growing new farmers! Here is one of their recipes! You can use mostly local ingredients, and you could bump up the salt a bit and forget the sugar! Viva Farms: empowering “aspiring and limited-resource…