Most children naturally enjoy cooking. What’s more fun than getting in the kitchen with food?

I n late summer, I like to make my own tomato sauce, then freeze it for use the rest of the year. But when my homemade sauce is gone, I’m happy to say I’ve found a sauce I like as much as my own.

Cottage Industry:
Starting Your Own Food Business

By Janice Cook Knight
 

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own food business, or do you know someone who did? Do you have a scrumptious family recipe you know others would love?

You Say Bone Broth I Say Stock

By Janice Cook Knight
Photography by Erin Feinblatt

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Everyone's talking about bone broth. "I just read a recipe for bone broth on the Internet," my daughter said, a few months back. "It's supposed to be so good for you."

"You mean stock?" I asked. 

"I guess so," she said. "Stock is just broth made from meat bones, usually with vegetables and herbs added," I said. 

Eventually we determined that we were talking about the same thing. The only thing new about "bone broth" is, apparently, the name, since humans have been making the stuff for literally thousands of years

Bone Broth or Stock? Read On!

Hurray for the Orange, Red and Gold: 
The Season for Persimmons

by Janice Cook Knight
Photography by Nell Campbell

Recently Janice won first prize in the print category from Les Dames d’Escoffier International’s MFK Fisher Awards for excellence in culinary writing.  Her winning entry was this story written for the Fall 2014 issue of Edible Santa Barbara.