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Infusions
Fire Honey
Dried chilies and garlic steeped slowly in raw honey. Two weeks of patience, then it goes on everything: pizza, fried chicken, roasted carrots, sharp cheese.
Infusions
Ginger Honey
Thin coins of fresh ginger left in honey until it turns sharp and warming. A spoonful in hot water is the whole recipe for a cold evening.
Drinks
Honey, Lemon & Thyme Tea
Fresh thyme steeped in hot water with lemon and a light floral honey. Bright, herbal, and quietly restorative.
Dinner
Honey-Roasted Squash with Thyme
Butternut roasted hot with olive oil, then finished with honey and thyme so the edges go dark and sticky.
Breakfast
Ricotta, Figs & Orange Blossom Honey
The best breakfast requires no cooking. Good bread, fresh ricotta, ripe figs, and a honey that tastes like citrus flowers.
Dinner
Honey-Mustard Roast Chicken Thighs
Dijon, honey and rosemary rubbed onto chicken thighs and roasted until the skin lacquers. A dark honey gives the glaze real depth.
Sauces + Condiments
Walnuts, Blue Cheese & Dark Honey
The simplest cheese course. A bold, dark honey is the point here — buckwheat or avocado stand up to the cheese.
Breakfast
Warm Oats with Honey & Apples
Steel-cut or rolled oats, apples softened in the pot, and a ribbon of honey at the end. Autumn mornings.
Home
Beeswax & Honey Lip Balm
A small-batch balm from beeswax, a little oil and a touch of honey. Makes a handful of tins — good for giving away.
Seasonal
How to Taste Honey at Home
Not a recipe but a ritual. Three honeys, three spoons, room temperature. You'll never taste 'sweet' again — you'll taste place.
Drinks
Hot Honey Butter Toddy
A toddy with a knob of butter melted into it, and enough chili honey to warm the back of your throat.
Sauces + Condiments
Whipped Honey Butter
Soft butter beaten with honey and salt until it is pale and light. Keep it on the counter and it will disappear onto everything.
Sauces + Condiments
3-Minute Honey-Shallot Vinaigrette
Minced shallot softened in vinegar, then honey and mustard to hold it together. The dressing that makes you eat more salad.
Sauces + Condiments
Fermented Garlic Honey
Peeled garlic under raw honey, left alone for a month. The honey thins and turns savory; the cloves go mellow and syrupy.
Sauces + Condiments
Hot Honey Glaze for Barbecue or Wings
Chili, smoked paprika, vinegar and butter cooked into honey until it clings. Brush it on in the last minutes, not before.
Dinner
Crispy Salmon with Buckwheat Honey & Soy
Salmon seared skin-side down, then glazed with dark honey, tamari and ginger. The buckwheat is what keeps it from tasting like teriyaki.
Dessert
Skillet Sourdough Cornbread with Salted Honey
Cornbread baked in a screaming-hot cast iron pan so the edges fry, then flooded with honey and flaky salt while still warm.
Dinner
Roasted Carrots with Cumin & Wildflower Honey
Whole carrots roasted until blistered, tossed with toasted cumin and honey. Sweet, earthy, and better the longer they sit in the pan.
Beauty + Body
Honey & Brown Sugar Lip Polish
Two spoons of pantry ingredients that make a soft scrub for winter lips. Makes enough for a small tin.
Beauty + Body
Chamomile-Honey Bath Soak
Dried chamomile, epsom salts and honey stirred into a hot bath. It smells like a field at the end of the day.
Infusions
Herbal Honey Oxymel
An old herbalist's preparation: equal parts raw honey and cider vinegar, with woody herbs steeping for a month. Sharp, sweet, taken by the spoon or stirred into water.
Infusions
Vanilla Bean Honey
A split vanilla bean and a light honey. In a week it tastes like the inside of a bakery.
Drinks
Honey Lemonade with Mint
Lemonade sweetened with honey instead of sugar has more depth and a softer edge. Use a light honey so the lemon stays bright.
Dessert
Grilled Peaches with Honey & Cream
Halved peaches on a hot grill until they blister, then honey and a spoon of cold cream. Summer, finished.
Dessert
Lavender Honey Shortbread
Buttery shortbread sweetened partly with honey, with just enough lavender to notice. Delicate, a little floral, very good with tea.
Beauty + Body
Honey & Oat Face Mask
A gentle, traditional preparation: raw honey mixed with finely ground oats. Honey has been used on skin for thousands of years; this is a simple, pleasant way to try it.
Beauty + Body
Honey & Coconut Hair Mask
Warm honey loosened with coconut oil, worked through the ends of hair before a shower. A traditional softening treatment in many cultures.
Drinks
Honey Bee's Knees
A Prohibition-era gin sour where honey does the sweetening. Orange blossom honey turns it floral and long instead of simply sweet.
Drinks
Cold Brew with Salted Honey Cream
Cold brew under a loose cloud of cream whipped with honey and salt. The salt keeps it from tipping into dessert.