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Gardenfork, a weekly internet video show about cooking, gardening, and other stuff. I love cooking and gardening and know enough about these and other things to be dangerous. Other things may include home and auto repair, as well as my fondness for hot dogs. I have an eclectic background and this compelling drive to share with everyone the stuff that swirls through my head, whether the world wants it or not. All this plus Henry, our Yellow Labrador, and Cash, our thoroughbred racehorse. garden + fork = gardenfork.tv

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At 12:06pm on October 8, 2009, Linda Hardesty said…: Diane, I've been looking for the recipes also. Does anyone out there know where they are? Thanks!!!!

At 9:45am on September 27, 2009, Diane Lydic said…: Can anyone tell me how to get to the recipes? When Eric says that he posts them, where are they posted... I can't seem to find them. Thanks!!!!

At 4:41pm on September 19, 2009, Rebecca said…: i just watched the potato latkes episode today and thought of an interesting spin on it. couldn't you use the latkes like the chickpea burgers as the base for a hamburger? slather ketchup on it and add toppings. i bet the fried grated taters would make a nice crunchy texture!

At 1:00pm on September 17, 2009, Barbara Tourtelot said…: I'm a great fan! But Eric, did you reference your creme brulee video when using your torch on the black plastic -- or have you not made a video of it yet? I can't find it anywhere but would love to see you and the torch, and the pups, together in the kitchen.

At 5:55pm on September 14, 2009, Rosemary said…: Awesome show, Eric! I'm a beginning gardener planning to plant vegetables for next year, but I was interested in what you know about composting. Any ideas?

At 8:42pm on September 2, 2009, Tish Hall said…: I watch Gardenfork in batches while I wait during my son's music lessons, so today I watched both How to Dry Fruit and Making Yogurt with a Solar Oven. How about a wood-fired oven? My dad and sons and I made a cob oven last summer, using Kiko Denzer's book, "Build Your Own Earth Oven." These ovens need about four hours of burning a not-too-big fire to properly heat but then you can cook with them for a day. First pizzas and flat breads, then baguettes, then sourdoughs. Then roasts or casseroles, then covered stews and braises. When the oven is too cool for most other foods ( the walls are about 200 to 250 degrees) I put baking racks on the oven floor and put my yogurt mix in there. If the walls are 200 degrees, the air is about 100 degrees; perfect for yogurt. Then when the yogurt is done, I put as many baking racks in the oven as it will hold and cover the racks with apple slices. Leave the oven door on and check the next day. I have gotten perfect dried apples almost every time. Once the oven door fell off and squirrels took all the apple slices out of the oven. That was not perfect, but it only happened once.

A wood-fired oven is not for everyone, but if you have feet, hands and clay you can make one. If you have friends who don't mind getting dirty you can make one in two weekends. Then, for about 24 pieces of dried oak (four hours of fire) you get as much as 24 hours of food-prep heat that you can use by carefully planning food that needs lower and lower temperatures.

At 10:12am on August 13, 2009, Ashley Engelberg said…: I absolutely LOVE the potato cannon. I am making that this weekend with my brother. I'll post a video of us using it. But I love the idea of using a replacement grill igniter to run it. That was brilliant :)

At 6:06pm on August 11, 2009, Valerie said…: Good info on "how to repair basement crack" video posted on doityourself.com. I have an unrelated question for you... the dog in that video (at your sister's home?) named Sam... what breed of dog is Sam? I recently got a dog from a shelter in TN that looks like him and I don't know what breed my dog is.
http://www.doityourself.com/video/How-to-Repair-Cracks-and-Leaks-in-Basement-Walls-and-Floors-63953480

At 6:15pm on August 7, 2009, John Daugherty said…: Great show Eric. Having grown up in Tennessee I remember watching my mom making biscuits for breakfast. All you need is a bowl of sausage gravy and some eggs and you would have some good eating!