When I decided to make limoncello, I went out and purchased an entire handle of everclear. Making limoncello requires that you, at a minimum, cut the liquor with an equal measure of simple syrup. That means that my 1.75 liters of liquor becomes at least 3.5 liters of liqueur. Because I used everclear, a very […]
Colorado Mountain Gin
For most of us, I think gin brings England to mind. And it certainly does have a long history in England. But, as it turns out, gin has a much longer history than that. Apparently adding juniper berries to wine has been around since roughly 70 AD. This concoction was used as a medicine for […]
Garlic Mustard
Garlic mustard was originally introduced in North America, like a number of other invasive exotics, as a food plant. It quickly took to this new environment and now can be found in good quantity all over the country. Unlike a lot of forageable greens, garlic mustard has tender, delicious leaves absent of the bitterness so […]
Bus Update: we’re done!
I’m going to keep this one short and sweet because the meat of it isn’t in this post. The meat of it is over at the new website for Let’s Live Everywhere, which I hope you’ll all check out after you’re done here. It has been 14 months since we started work on the bus, […]