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There is no love sincerer than the love of food. — George Bernard Shaw

Posted on November 2nd, 2011

The November Locavore

 

My mom, daughter and me on Thanksgiving day.

What’s in the issue?

Let’s Cook! *My December Holiday Cooking Class *Thanksgiving Recipes, Tips and Free Meals

Local and Regional Food News *Food to Compost, a Green Harvest Festival *”It Takes a Region” Conference *Farm to School for Tots *Berkshire Grown Holiday Farmers Markets [...]

Posted on May 12th, 2010

Spinach Salad Wrap with Shiitake Mushrooms

Joy. Our local farmers market finally opened last Saturday in the old train station in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. My first market lunch?  A classic spinach salad with a twist — roasted bacon, onions and shiitakes with a curry dressing in a wrap. The recipe’s from my  book, Wrap it Up. Makes 4 wraps.

Note: [...]

Posted on November 28th, 2009

Our Crazy Locavore Thanksgiving

My mom, daughter and me.

A belated happy Thanksgiving to all of you, and to our farmers for bringing us the best food imaginable. This year, our Thanksgiving came from a number of farms as I made my way south from the Berkshires to New York City.

Fresh Turkey from DiPaola’s through Ruth [...]

Posted on October 25th, 2009

Arugula, Beet and Blue Cheese Salad

Simple, classic and local — all from the farmers market yesterday. I roasted the beets while cleaning this morning, so they’d be ready to complete our dinner when we returned this evening. I hate to clean and tend to reward myself with food. The smells of simmering apple sauce or the happy longing for [...]

Posted on October 23rd, 2009

Smoky Black Beans with Local Booty

I love developing core recipes that serve as a foil for local foods, which end up being the star performers. In this flexible dish, beans and local booty can easily be made into a soup, stew or rolled into a tortilla. And the smoky smell of the beans, which comes from the chipotle [...]

Posted on September 12th, 2009

Simple and Satisfying, A Local Food 50th

My pal Ruth has an affinity for birds, although I can’t seem to connect.  And so her 50th birthday, a friendly potluck affair, counted a green parakeet, Boodle, and 25 hens as guests. Actually we looked over the porch at the hens, penned in what reminded my husband, Tommy, of a Hollywood prisoner of [...]