Best Corn on the Cob

(Photo by Caroline Alexander of Berkshire Food Journal) Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. — Garrison Keillor Finally, local corn has arrived. The season’s painfully short, so be sure to eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so it’s firmly planted in your taste memory until next year. I like […]

Locavore Recipe & Class Update for July

3 Fabulous Recipes with July’s Crop Market Salad with Pan Roasted Potatoes and Local Cheese (Or how to improvise a salad using the best of the season.) Tomatoes Provençale (A classic that lets local tomatoes sing!) And for Dessert Summer Pudding with the Best of the Berries (This updated 18th century dessert is a summer […]

Locavore Update for June

2 recipes with June’s Crop Grilled Asparagus with Chive Oil The Best Strawberry Shortcake   Make Perfect Salads Fresh greens are in, so let’s talk salads!   Search the 100 locavore recipes on this blog by ingredient, season and more…  

August Workshop at Kripalu Center and more…..

August Weekend Locavore Extravaganza! Join me for an exciting Locavore Way Weekend Workshop, August 26-28, complete with intensive cooking class, fabulous food, tastings and a farm tour with lunch — all at the fabulous Kripalu Center in the Berkshires in Lenox, Massacusetts.  Feel free to contact me with questions.  It’s going to be a blast, […]

Rawson Brook Farm’s Chocolate Chevre Truffles

Below the Recipe This Weekend Join me! Spring Tonic at the Lenox Library Project Native Film Festival in Great Barrington More Recipes with Goat Cheese Feeding the World without Destroying it Susan Sellew of Rawson Brook Farm with her baby goats. (Photo from Berkshire Food Journal) The Recipe Early spring. This is the first time […]

Warm Pudding

Local Food News Below It’s Maple Month! Recipes Using Maple Syrup An Oral History of Girlhood and a New England Farm More about Maple Syrup My niece Sadie, third generation pudding lover, who knows to keep blowing and eat it warm!  (See her savor it below.) The Recipe I come by pudding adoration naturally. It’s […]

Best Baby Taters

Food News Below More about Potatoes Ted Dobson of Equinox Farm Talks about Farming Berkshire Kripalu Community Talk and Book Signing “Changing the Way We Eat”big TED event now online American Farmland Trust’s Planning Agriculture Guide The recipe Cute is not my thing. I ripped the bows off my party dresses as a kid, and […]

Locavore Love

A Simple but Scrumptious Valentine’s Day Supper Maine Shrimp Shu Mai Wokked Winter Spinach Rich ‘n Easy Black and White Chocolate Truffles or Apple Galette Below: Prepare ahead and serving tips Wish you all the best. Love is all you need………. Prepare Ahead Tips I designed this simple meal so you could prepare it over […]

Valentine’s Cooking Class this Saturday

Space for one last student in my locavore cooking class Held in my teaching kitchen in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. East-West Maine Shrimp Dumplings Shittake Mushroom and Butternut Stew on Piedmont Polenta Vegetable course TDB,depending on availability Mini Molten Chocolate Cakes with Local Eggs and Cream $100 per person, including a full meal, 10-2 (Great Valentine’s […]