Real Food Recipes & Articles

Real food is food you can trace from the soil to the table: grown or sourced fresh, kept through the seasons, and cooked into meals your family shares. This pillar brings together guides on sourcing local and seasonal food, healthy recipes, preserving, bread and cheese making, and the news and policy shaping what we eat.

Food Policy News & Articles

Grow a Modern Victory Garden

Wren Everett

Protect Wild Rice Habitat

Sarah Hunt

Building a Little Seed Library Stand in Your Neighborhood

Manar Arica Alattar

Build a Thriving Local-Food Economy

Robert Turner

Innovative Greenhouse Technologies for the Future

Robert Turner

Food Preservation Blogs & Ideas

Canning

•

Curing

•

Drying

•

Fermenting

•

Freezing

•

Pickling

•

Root Cellaring

Food Preservation in Ancient Times

Jeffrey P. Roberts

Learn how food preservation in ancient times preserved meat and ensured adequate salt intake by curing meats. Clearly, one significant challenge to early humans was how to manage quantities of meat, poultry, fish, and other perishables beyond what people could eat immediately during one or two meals. The development of methods to preserve meat and […]

Types of Lids for Fermenting in Mason Jars

Amy Grisak

Beginners Guide to Homebrewing: How to Make Wine, Beer, Cider, Soda and More

Staff

Quiz: Food Preservation Master

Staff

Preserved Fruit: Rumtopf Recipe

Leda Meredith

Popular Now

Add a Hand Pump to an Electric Well Avoid power-outage droughts by learning how to add a hand pump to an electric well to be able to access water even when the power is out.

DIY Manual Deep Well Water Pump Wondering how to make a hand pump water well? Make a homemade PVC manual deep well water pump, that pumps water as deep as 60 feet, in case you're experiencing any power outages.

How to Make a Solar Water Distiller: DIY Solar Projects Construct this simple solar still DIY project. Once you learn how to make a solar water distiller, you'll never need to buy distilled water again!

Join Mother Earth News

Homemade Bread Recipes & Articles

What is Whole-Grain Flour?

Tabitha Alterman

What is whole-grain flour? Whole-grain flour doesn’t just mean wheat anymore. A variety of grains and grain-like seeds are available for the whole-grain baker, each with its own special qualities and flavors. The following whole grains make exceptionally nutritious flours. To reap the biggest dietary benefits, try to incorporate a number of them into your […]

How to Stencil Bread Designs

William Rubel

Crusty No-Knead Dutch Oven Bread Recipe

Roger Doiron

Quiz: Daily Breadle

Megan Yaussi

Best Challah Bread Recipe

Keith Cohen

Homemade Cheese Recipes: Cheese Making Articles

Goat Milk Cheesemaking: Crottin de Chavignol Recipe

Katherine Bonow

Goat Milk Cheese: How to Make Chevre

Claudia Lucero

How to Make Feta Style Cheese

Gavin Webber, Little Green Cheese

Beginning the Process of Making Cheese

Claudia Lucero

Seasonal Food Recipes & Articles

Frost Giant Juleøl Recipe

Chris Colby

Best Challah Bread Recipe

Keith Cohen

Twisted Sourdough Apple Bread Recipe

Audra Trosper

Rose Petal Jam Recipe with Blueberry

Bevin Cohen

Become a Member of Mother Earth News Today!

Harness the Power of Self-Sufficiency One New Skill at A Time

It’s never been easier to pick up new skills to boost your independence and keep more money in your wallet while you’re at it. Let Mother Earth News show you how with hundreds of online learning videos, live Q&A sessions, and more for just $3.33/month!

Online video learning library, featuring 600+ videos with more added every month
Admission to all online video workshops, including expert interviews and live Q&As
A year of Mother Earth News magazine, backed by 50+ years of trusted DIY guidance
Bonus digital subscription — access new issues anywhere life takes you
Everyday member discounts on eco-friendly products in the Mother Earth News Store
Unrestricted access to online content — members get to view the latest articles, recipes, and project ideas before non-members can

Gift Orders

Canadian Members • International Members

Canadian membership: 1 year (includes postage & GST)

Real Food Recipes & Articles

Best Biscotti Recipes

Best Scottish Shortbread Recipe with Homemade Butter

Salt-Cured Pork Tenderloin Recipe

White Mold on Meat: How to Cure Meats

How to Make Your Own Herbal Tea Blends at Home

How is Yogurt Made?

How To Make Burrata With Tomato Confit

Food Preservation in Ancient Times

Homemade Salami Recipe

Types of Lids for Fermenting in Mason Jars

Quiz: Fall Ferments

How to Make Hard Apple Cider at Home

How To Make Cultured Butter

What Are Ancient Grains?

Fermented Habanero Salsa Recipe

Organic Labneh Recipe

Lacto-Fermented Green Cherry Tomato Pickles

How Much Salt to Ferment Vegetables

How to Make Homemade Yogurt Recipe

Fermented Foods List

Food Policy News & Articles

Protect Wild Rice Habitat

Building a Little Seed Library Stand in Your Neighborhood

Build a Thriving Local-Food Economy

Innovative Greenhouse Technologies for the Future

Food Preservation Blogs & Ideas

Food Preservation in Ancient Times

Types of Lids for Fermenting in Mason Jars

Beginners Guide to Homebrewing: How to Make Wine, Beer, Cider, Soda and More

Quiz: Food Preservation Master

Preserved Fruit: Rumtopf Recipe

Join Mother Earth News

Homemade Bread Recipes & Articles

What is Whole-Grain Flour?

How to Stencil Bread Designs

Crusty No-Knead Dutch Oven Bread Recipe

Quiz: Daily Breadle

Best Challah Bread Recipe

Homemade Cheese Recipes: Cheese Making Articles

Goat Milk Cheesemaking: Crottin de Chavignol Recipe

Goat Milk Cheese: How to Make Chevre

How to Make Feta Style Cheese

Beginning the Process of Making Cheese

Seasonal Food Recipes & Articles

Frost Giant Juleøl Recipe

Best Challah Bread Recipe

Twisted Sourdough Apple Bread Recipe

Rose Petal Jam Recipe with Blueberry

Become a Member of Mother Earth News Today!

Harness the Power of Self-Sufficiency One New Skill at A Time