The Prepper's Daily

Here’s a little extract from our new book Milkwood, which is in all good Australian/NZ bookstores starting THIS WEEK (yay) – and available worldwide from October 1st. It’s from the first chapter, ‘The Tomato’…. We can’t quite imagine life without tomatoes. They’re such a large...

Fajitas are one of my very favorite meals to order when I go out for dinner.  However, they’re not so great on the ol’ waistline, what with the sour cream, tortillas, cheese, and, of course, the bottomless chips and salsa that the neighborhood Mexican...

Chanterelles have a fruity aroma and a mild taste that’s just as at home in a savory risotto as a sweet treat.  I’ve candied them, made them into a cheesecake and finally homemade chanterelle ice cream. Years ago, if you told me mushroom ice cream...

Several species of Aronia berries are cultivated and marketed as superfoods, but their wild cousins are out there free for the taking.  Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is native to the Eastern half of the US and Canada (map here), and though the name sounds...

Reasons Instant Pot cake baking rocks Baking an Instant Pot cake doesn’t heat up the house during hot summer months. College dorm cooking! Without easy access to an oven, college students don’t always get to indulge in homemade sweets. The Instant Pot becomes an...

Take a moment and step outside your home. What do you see? An apartment balcony overlooking the city? A modest patch of grass between concrete expanses? Perhaps just a small terrace that catches sunlight for a brief window each day? Now, consider this: that seemingly...