Abbey Road Revisited
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Getting ready for bird day….
Local Food News A good piece on Prop 37 on labeling genetically engineered food that puts it into the context of ramping up the food movement. Link. Once again damage to our food system directly impacts our food system. In other words: Consider the Oyster. Link.
Asian Vegetable Antipasto
OK, this tomatoe recipe started out as one of my improvisations. But it’s so tasty, that I decided to codify it. Besides, it’s the very last of the tomatoes. I got these muli-colored heirlooms at Taft Farms in Great Barrington. The Lacinato Kale came from Left Field Farm in Middlefield. The potatoes could of been […]
Apple-Ginger Shrub
A mix of apples in my old kitchen Just enjoyed my first shrub — a sweet and sour fruit drink — at Street Eats in Northampton. It set me off on an adventure that I hope to pursue all year round, using seasonal produce. (Think strawberry shrub in the spring, pear shrub in right now.) […]
Northern Laos, Part 2
BaNa Can’t get more farmed-foraged-and-fished than our meal of river fish with garden dill and a squeeze of lime picked from the tree out back. Light and fresh, we ate them whole, heads and all, from their bamboo infused broth, their bones crunching ever- so-slightly in our mouths.
Unexpected Pleasures
Farewell to Mexico. For now. A ride, a City and Some Bulls Our car awaits. Carlos drives us past Queretero, Mexico, the town where my husband spent his teen years. It’s where he zoomed out on
Nudeling around….
Tastes good. Read my Berkshire Magazine piece on Bjorn Solmo and his restaurant, Nudel, in Lenox, MA here.
Best Kale Salad
(Don’t let the picture fool you; this is a gorgeous holiday dish. I didn’t have time to snap a picture before the kale was gobbled up, but it’s bright green, topped with hot pink seeds and light pink pickled red onions.) Holiday Kale Salad with Lemon-Anchovy Dressing, Pickled Onions and Pomegranate Seeds* Gorgeous, tasty, make […]
Apple season ideas + apples with oysters?
Recipe link: Oysters with Apple Mignonnette Now’s the season to bite into a just picked apple, so tangy it cleans your teeth. When you can, buy directly from the farm. Right now, farmers markets are stocked with crates brimming with green and red apples. The Vendors are orchardists who are know about the flavor and […]
