Journal

Taproot at Home :: Making Cold Process Soap

Cold Process is the process of making soap from scratch by combining fats, oils, water and lye and mixing (or saponifying) them together. Saponifi...

Taproot at Home :: Homemade Chicken Broth

Chicken broth is exceptionally easy to make at home and unrivaled in flavor and texture to its store-bought counterpart. Save the unused bits when ...

Taproot at Home :: Grand Lentil Bowl

An update on a classic! Quinoa is a high quality, complete protein containing all the essential amino acids in a balanced pattern, which is gluten ...

Taproot at Home :: String Quilt Pot Holders

A pot holder has the thankless job of coming between you and a hot pan. Stained, singed, spattered—you hardly think about it until it falls behind...

Taproot Magazine & Market Covid-19 Update

OUR MARKET: The Taproot Market on Fox Street in Portland will be temporarily closed, out of concern for the health of our community and our team, ...

Taproot at Home :: Gluten-Free Sourdough, Part 2 ~ Dough & Bagels

continued from Part 1 ~ Gluten-Free Sourdough Starter. By Tara Barker. Originally published in Issue 12::BREAD. Yields 6-8 bagels. This dough also...

Taproot at Home :: Gluten-Free Sourdough, Part 1 ~ Starter

There seem to be as many methods and “recipes” for getting a sourdough starter going as there are bread recipes to use it in, and all with varying ...

Taproot at Home :: Grow Your Own Cosmos

All winter and early spring, I look forward to the abundance of the summer months, when I can pick fistfuls of blooms....If you have a little bit o...

Taproot at Home :: T-Shirt Rag Rugs

Once quite commonplace in Europe (particularly England) and then in Colonial New England and south, rag rugs followed the frontier during the westw...

Taproot at Home :: Bath Tea

Land herbs are wonderful in the bath, too. Some herbs are the original soaps and are perfect for bathing, such as lavender and soapwort. Others are...

Taproot at Home :: Whole Wheat Garlic Knots

Recipe by Marisa McClellanOriginally Published in Issue 21::WEAVE. Makes 16 knots. Ingredients. For the Dough: 2 cups warm water. 1 tablespoon gra...

Taproot at Home :: Seed Bombs

Permaculture-inspired seed balls are a simple way to attract pollinators, create forage opportunities and rewild your landscape by filling it with...