May is the first month of the year in the cycle of harvesting local food in sustainable quantity from our local farms, our own gardens, and the wilds. The blossoming cherry, apple and peach trees are exuberant reminders of the harvests that are some months away, but bring a cheery end to the bluster of [...]
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May: A Fresh Start
Posted in Asparagus, Farmer's Market on May 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Comments on the Dark Days: Butternut Squash Soup with Pear Compote
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Farmer's Market, Preserving, Soup, Winter squash, tagged Butternut squash soup, Pear compote on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I know, I know. This is Week 11/12 but the official Dark Days Challenge was cut short this year. Who cares about official. The conversation continues. The organizer of this blog event, (not so) Urban Hennery, has been urging all of us across the country to eat locally during the most challenging period of the [...]
Dark Days Weeks 9 and 10: A Trio of Winter Salads
Posted in Carrots, Dark Days Challenge, Farmer's Market, Kohlrabi, Mushrooms, Salad, tagged Brussels sprouts salad, Dark Days Challenge, Mushroom cheese salad, Shredded root salad on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With fresh-from-the-garden green salads and Mediterranean vegetables a distant memory of a warmer season, we crave something piquant, refreshing and raw to accompany our meals. I made three salads over the past two weeks, using organic produce stored in my fridge or newly acquired from a farmers’ market. Farmers’ markets have been great this winter. [...]
July: The Bounty Begins
Posted in Farmer's Market on July 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The bins at the CSA farm and the tables at the farmers’ markets are burgeoning with produce as summer’s bounty begins. The fragile crops of spring are fading, lettuce is bolting and we will have to wait until next year for the spring strawberries, asparagus and peas that we enjoyed so much. Even my home [...]
Cherries and Berries and a Couple of Sorbets
Posted in Berries, Farmer's Market, Sorbet, tagged Cherry sorbet, Strawberry sorbet on June 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m posting this now because this past weekend – Fathers’ Day – is when the cherries are usually ready for picking at our local orchard. This year, everything is about three weeks ahead of schedule, and instead of following the strawberries, cherries were ripe at the same time. The orchard grows over a dozen different [...]
More Spring Greens: Spinach and Herbs
Posted in Farmer's Market, Greens, Herbs, tagged Greens, Herbs, Spinach with herbs and cheese on May 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I came back from our CSA farm with a ton of lettuce, arugula and spinach as well as a quart of strawberries that I picked. Because the greens take up so much room in the refrigerator, I make it a habit of first using those that can be cooked down to a small volume. The [...]
