Humans and animals have ways to manage warm weather. For humans, one of the ways we manage is with a good picnic. Seated on shady blankets or benches, can anything be more perfect than the promise of a picnic basket? In packing, the contents must be carefully considered. We want these moments–and this feast–to last, … Read more
At no other time of year than December can you get away with making cookies in such abundance and with such wild abandon. Seriously, 12 days of vegan holiday cookies? This is your free pass to indulge–guilt-free, so get ready to jump in! You may notice that the joy comes not only from eating the … Read more
Autumn nudges us to stay inside, cozy up, and recharge our batteries. Gone are the long days that beckon us to stay outside until we’ve swallowed every last bit of sunshine. Summer eating is lighter, quicker, almost fleeting. Cooler-weather recipes appeal to our nesting desire, and lure is into the kitchen with promises of rich, … Read more
Religion aside, why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day? I hear more and more people complaining about this particular day and the pressure to create romance. There are the over-inflated costs for dinner, the contrived purchase of a beautiful bloom for your date from the flower girl making her rounds, the cards, the candy…one can just … Read more
Around the world, there are more than 50 root vegetables. Familiar in our neck of the woods are ones like; beets, potatoes, onions, rutabaga, celeriac, turnips, carrots, yams, and ginger, just to name a few. Root vegetables are generally storage organs for plants, enlarged to store energy in the form of carbohydrates. There is such a wide … Read more
What’s in Season Now: Cabbage An Irish proverb says, there’s no use boiling your cabbage twice. While the adage may be useful, I don’t think the metaphor does cabbage any favors. Let’s move away from the memory of that over-boiled brassica; Cabbage is full of taste, texture and health benefits and deserves a fresh look. There … Read more
What’s in Season Now: Winter Squash Saying goodbye to summer’s bounty can be heartbreaking. During the sultry days of summer, you probably get a little too attached to the sun-kissed tomatoes. You fall for the crisp-cool cucumbers. And yes, you even find yourself flushed with heat when you cozy-up with that hot pepper. You live … Read more
What’s in Season Now: Eggplant I spent half my life as a zealous detractor of eggplant. My recollections from growing up are not fond; tasteless, too-thick, spongy slabs, oozing the Crisco oil they were fried in; this was the stuff that nightmares were made of…at least mine were. When you encounter foods that aren’t prepared … Read more
What’s in Season Now: Pickling! As August breathlessly comes to an end, smothering us in a blanket of oppressive heat and humidity, the weather beckons me to stay indoors and put up pickled jars of cool, crisp, just-picked produce. If summer’s harvest moon has turned you into a locavore, you’re eagerly devouring the still-abundant delights … Read more
What’s in Season Now: Peaches Have you ever nestled your nose so deeply into the bloom of a tender rose and inhaled so passionately that you wanted to eat it? What about a ripe, round summer peach? Nuzzling its dewy-soft skin and drinking in its innocent scent before plunging your teeth into the succulent, juicy … Read more
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