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King oyster mushrooms seared in garlic butter on top of a bed of preserved lemon and pea risotto. So good and all plant-based!

A wonderful creamy risotto made with preserved lemons and peas was topped with "scallops" of king oyster mushroom seared in a garlic butter. So good and completely plant-based.

I would say they are too early to bottle. They probably are not all the way clear yet also. Not knowing how much sugar you started with, it is not possible to tell what the alcohol level is. Typically we would start with enough sugar to reach, say, 12-13% alcohol when the sugar is all fermented...

Can you give a little more information? How long have you aged these wines? What is the SG? Are you going to bottle them dry?

Hi Haley, I am just checking in to see how things are going.

Masala Dosa is a typical South Indian breakfast. The dosa is made from a fermented batter of rice and urad dal. It is cooked on a hot griddle very thin and crispy. This is one way to serve it - stuffed with potato masala. I served it with some mint coconut chutney and an Indian vegetable lentil...

Believe it or not, this brisket is completely plant-based protein made by washing out the starch from flour and using just the protein.

Chana dal was such a warm comforting food during our blizzard Wednesday night.

Korean tacos - these are filled with soy bulgogi and well fermented kimchi. The tortillas were made from home grown blue/green corn.

This is perhaps my favorite Szechuan Chinese dish - Mapo Tofu. All vegan - who says a plant based diet has to be boring?

Spanish night started with a couple of tapas - garlic and vinegar mushrooms and chickpeas in a Spanish paprika tomato sauce. This was followed by paella of course. I made a quick seitan sausage for the protein. All vegan - who says a plant based diet has to be boring?

Mushroom bourgignon anyone? All vegan - who says a plant based diet has to be boring?

Soy and ginger glazed tofu served with glazed carrots and a sesame cabbage slaw. All vegan - who says a plant based diet has to be boring?

This is a Korean cold noodle dish called bibim (to mix) jjeolmyeon (wheat noodles). Lots of fresh vegetables mixed with a spicy Korean gochujang sauce. All vegan - who says a plant based diet has to be boring?

This was an Italian-Moroccan fusion experiment that turned out well. These are seared scallops of tofu seasoned with cumin and cinnamon served on top of a bed of preserved lemon and turmeric risotto. It was so good. All vegan - who says a plant based diet has to be boring?

22 years old. Arguably one of the best wines I ever made as an amateur home winemaker, this wine, made from fresh pink grapefruit, was fermented and bottled in 2001. This is the last of its kind that I opened up last night. I was very pleased to find the wine aged beautifully. The color was...

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I have been making rhubarb wine for over 25 years and do make it commercially. Here is my process. I think it ends up about 5 pounds per gallon in the end. Freeze then thaw the rhubarb. Press out the juice and discard the pulp. Dilute the juice in half with water (add an equal amount of water as...

Need I explain what I don't like?

I have settled on adding my MLB a day or two after fermentation becomes really active. I find that MLF is done quicker with the aid of a bit of sugar to help feed it and the heat of fermentation.