Time for fire honey, roasted squash, and ginger in the jar.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Fire Cider
Horseradish, ginger, garlic, onion and hot chili packed into a jar and drowned in raw cider vinegar. A month later you strain it, sweeten it with raw honey, and it bites back.
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
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.