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News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

The Carlsbad Farmers Market offers fresh local strawberries. (Photo courtesy of Carlsbad Farmers Market)

May wraps up on ‘Common Ground’ with food, music and pickleball

North Coast Current May 22, 2024
The North Coast Current and OsideNews appreciate readers’ patience in May as the sites had email and website accessibility issues during the first half of the month. With those challenges fixed, we bring you a rundown of some noteworthy events for the end of May and the start of June.
Native flowers bloom in the San Elijo Lagoon Reserve. (Lagoon Conservancy photo)

Cool on the Coast: Celebrate moms and more with these fun-filled events

Samantha Cox May 5, 2023
Event highlights for Encinitas, Oceanside, Carlsbad and the region.
Home-canned strawberries can be enjoyed as pie filling, preserving spring-season flavor. (Photo by Laura Woolfrey Macklem)

Preserved Home: Fresh-canned strawberry filling is easy as pie

OsideNews March 26, 2022

By Laura Woolfrey Macklem: The start of Carlsbad’s strawberry season yields the biggest, sweetest strawberries I’ve ever had. I remember my then 4-year old scooting up to the strawberry stand and asking...

Home-canned strawberries can be enjoyed as pie filling, preserving spring-season flavor. (Photo by Laura Woolfrey Macklem)

Preserved Home: Fresh-canned strawberry filling is easy as pie

Laura Woolfrey Macklem March 25, 2022
The start of Carlsbad’s strawberry season yields the biggest, sweetest strawberries I’ve ever had. I remember my then 4-year-old scooting up to the strawberry stand and asking “one basket please” and being gifted a giant, ruby red strawberry as an extra treat. Between our berry acquisition and the Flower Fields, that day was a little slice of heaven.
Strawberry scraps can be used to make fermented vinegar. (Photo by Laura Woolfrey Macklem)

Preserved Home: A pitch for using pits and scraps

Laura Woolfrey Macklem August 6, 2020
Grocery prices are climbing, so turn scraps into savings while adding interesting and healthy items to your pantry.
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