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Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Fresh Spinach and Pickled Ginger Dressing

This came out shockingly tasty for a recipe so healthy and easy to prepare. The key, as with lots of locavore cooking, is to have great household staples on hand, then add whatever is local and exceptionally fresh. The dish started out with two bunches of vigorous looking spinach that I picked up at my […]

Ann’s Callaloo Soup

 Local food in the tropics Pictures in the boat’s galley of: one  of Callaloo soup ingredients and one of me holding up a callaloo leaf, the large top of a taro root. Back from our trip the Caribbean, where my husband and I lived on a sailboat for 12 days. Fun sailing the waves, hanging […]

Seasonal treats on toasts

Listen here for improvisational tips Call them what you like— bruschette, crostinis, canapés —toasts make a great foil for seasonal fare. Recipe Link: A Trio of Spring Bruschette                      

2 Minute Tip for Shopping at Farmers Markets

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Strawberries are in!

Listen Here Link:The Best Strawberry Shortcake      

Spinach

Listen here Link: How to cook any kind of greens!

Chives

Listen here about Chives Link: Chive Pasta with Spring Things

Spring Poached Eggs

Listen here Link: Poached Eggs Recipe (OK, the recipe uses the last of the roots from winter!)    

Spring Peas and Sugar Snaps

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Asparagus are ready now!

Listen Here Link: Grilled Asparagus with Chive Oil