Your summer picnic's salty, crunchy best friend, made at home.

Summer tacos just got a whole lot more delicious and a lot more homemade.

Adrianna Adarme shows us that with just two simple ingredients, we can whip up our own small batches of crème fraîche at home.

Kris Hoogerhyde and Anne Walker of Bi-Rite Creamery share tips on making ice cream sandwiches at home using their Balsamic Strawberry Ice Cream and Dark Chocolate Cookies.

Marisa McClellan helps us stock our pantry with homemade nut butter. 

Alana Chernila shows us how to master yogurt making at home -- with or without a yogurt maker.

Karen Solomon shows us how to cure, smoke, and fry our way to perfect bacon at home.

This week, Cindy Pawlcyn shows us how to make red wine vinegar at home.

In this week's Small Batch, Ashley Rodriguez, of the blog Not Without Salt, shows us a short cut to perfectly flaky puff pastry.

This week Margo True, editor of Sunset magazine and The Sunset Cookbook, shares with us the simplicity of fresh herbal tea.