Homestead Kitchen: Stories and Recipes from Our Hearth to Yours: A Cookbook [Hardcover]

The first cookbook from homesteaders and co-stars of Discovery’s Alaska: The Last Frontier Eve and Eivin Kilcher features appealing recipes for anyone looking to live more sustainably, healthfully, and independently, regardless of where and what they call home. 

Eve and Eivin Kilcher, stars of the hit Discovery show Alaska: The Last Frontier, are experts in sustainable living. Homesteaders by choice, the couple has had to use their self-reliance skills to survive harsh winters in the Alaskan wilderness and raise a thriving family. In their debut book, the Kilchers share 85 original family recipes and advice on gardening, preserving, and foraging. The tips and techniques they have cultivated from their family and through necessity will help anyone looking to shrink their environmental footprint and become less dependent on mass-produced food and products. Stunningly photographed in and around their handmade home and farm, Homestead Kitchen illustrates that taking on small-scale sustainable projects is not only possible in a suburban/urban setting, but ultimately a more responsible and gratifying way to live.Eve and Eivin Kilcher are two of the stars of Discovery’s most popular series, Alaska: The Last Frontier. The reality show documents the everyday lives of the Kilcher family, who homestead in the Alaskan wilderness with one constant goal: surviving the upcoming winter. The Kilchers live a completely sustainable lifestyle, hunting and foraging for their food, making their own clothes and remedies, even building their own cabins.Whole Wheat Cornbread
 
Serves 6
 
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) salted butter, plus more for the baking dish
2/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour
½ cup organic fine cornmeal
1 tablespoon baking powder, sifted
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup fresh, canned, or thawed frozen corn kernels
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