Valentine’s Day Locavore Cooking Class New Facebook Farmers Market Grassfed Beef Conference This Week (See below for details) Imagine life without onions, so essential to the Indian diet that there were riots when their price spiked. Here they’re a winter staple for their price, flavor and longevity. Pretty in pink, pickled onions are divine in […]
Heaven’s when diner food meets local eggs, roots and bacon. This local food combo was born of culinary desperation and cabin fever. After two days trapped in the house by ice and snow, I scavenged for supplies. Luckily I had some of my winter CSA* farm share was left. The hash of roots topped with poached eggs […]
I assembled this soup with the winter roots on hand, while snow dressed the trees outside my kitchen window — a warm hug in a white world. Serves 8 1 or 2 potatoes, preferably waxy (1-1/2 cups diced) 1 celery root, about 1 pound (1-1/2 cups diced) 2 parsnips (1 cup diced) 5 garlic cloves […]
It didn’t feel like the dormant season when I drizzled balsamic syrup over local baby greenhouse spinach from The Berry Patch, wilted in garlic oil, with storage beets from Farm at Miller’s Crossing, roasted up until tender, then topped it all with winter market shiitake mushrooms and Rawson Brook Farm goat cheese. Make ahead tip […]
The world-on-a-plate food can easily go awry in the wrong hands. But this fusion dish works fabulously even though it combines the classic potato and celery root duo in a Italian ravioli using Asian wonton skins. Go figure. Serves about 6 Tip If you make this Smashed Potatoes and Celery Root recipe, you can use […]
Boxes of local celery root and potatoes. I gathered up 4 households to split cases. What’s new? I’m gabbing on the Berkshire Food Journal Winter farmers market Visit me at the Williamstown Holiday Farmers Market to say hello, pick up fabulous farm fresh food and locally crafted gifts, along with a signed copy of The […]
No excuses! Burgeoning Winter and Holiday Farmers Markets make it convenient for you to include fabulous farm fresh foods in your winter feasts, starting with Thanksgiving. See below: To find a market near you and for this weekend’s Berkshire Holiday Markets. Lots of Locavore Thankgiving Recipes Legislative Action alert:Save small farm production now! I’m a […]
No, the picture below isn’t a pumpkin dessert. It’s Vandana Shiva, eco-feminist, author of the remarkable Stolen Harvest, champion of the small farmer and opponent of corporate owned seeds. I snapped this before she spoke magnificently at Slow Food’s Terra Madre, where I was a US delegate in Torino, Italy last week. More about Terra […]
Knobby celery root doesn’t look like a vegetable to cuddle up to, which is why most Americans don’t cook it. But scratch its skin for an earthy aroma that’s celery-like with a distinctive edge. When classically paired with neutral potatoes, it elevates both vegetables, so that together they become something more than either alone. Serves about […]
(Picture from The Berkshire Food Journal, where you’ll find loads of great audio/slide show clips on farmers and chefs) Fennel is a three-in-one vegetable, each tasty but surprisingly different. Its top sports green herbal fronds, gentle and sweet. The crisp bulb has a light licorice flavor raw, but is mysteriously subtle when stewed, as it […]
USDA approved school-tested local food recipes and a supplement for educators.
