Rusty Ring

(Fruit of the hawthorn [Crataegus] , these often persist into winter, where they add needed colour to the soggy North Coast landscape. Aft...

(I've been making kvass [квас] more or less weekly for the past five months. This photo, from my first batch, is квас из черного хл...

(Here's a bucket of wine I put up on the fridge this week, made of equal parts blackberries and raspberries frozen in summer. ...

(I used to make blackberry wine every year, an activity I dearly loved. Sadly, life conspired to make the 2008 vintage my last. Last ...