Street Soup The time had come. I’d passed her two or three times and watched her ladle, steam rising from her soup. Her little stand was neat with bowls of leafy greens, cilantro and celery lined up, waiting in their bowls. Noodles, rice and wheat, thick and thin, pressed into the front of her glass […]
Made with light-colored heirloom beets. For a super bright color, use classic red-purple beets. If you’re a beet lover, Eureka! Here’s a simple summer soup that’s beety, refreshing and pretty. If you’re not — and I’ve seen grown men cry over beets —this recipe is one of the easiest ways to introduce beets to the […]
My husband may be the love of my life, but soup is my culinary ballast, reliably providing a warm hug, asking little in return, only a bowl to hold it and a spoon to consume it. And this soup is summer’s embrace. Tuscany-in-a-bowl, serve Poppa al Pomadoro when tomatoes are at their peak: Local tomatoes should […]
What’s Below What is a CSA? How to find one near you New(ish) Berkshire CSA A little background The Recipe: Delicious Running-on-Empty Tuscan White Bean Soup Happy Brithday to Me! Seed time! (Picture from Berkshire Food Journal) In March and April, as local food runs low, I face the bleak facts and have to eat […]
Local Food News Below Good Meat, Comprehensive New Book on Sustainable Meat Learning About & Buying Sustainably Raised Local Meat Berkshire Maple Dinner on March 24th The Recipe You won’t believe the depth and character of this meat borscht, a hearty meal-in-one soup from my book, The Locavore Way. It’s a winter favorite in my […]
Coming up? My winter Moroccan cooking class in Northampton, Register here! Last year, my oldest pal, Judy, came up from the city for a perfect 24 hours, complete with book talk and a giggle over the personal ads in London Review of Books, which are witty as hell. We even improvised a curried vegetable soup. […]
A bowl of Phở. Breathe in before you begin.. (Thursday nights in the winter at The Meat Market. Call first to confirm!) When I was young and living near Manhattan’s Chinatown, I fell in love with cheap Asian food, devouring pork buns on my way uptown to cook elegant lunches as an executive dining room […]
What’s up in August? Weekend Locavore Way Workshop — August 26-28. I’m teaching a Kripalu Retreat weekend workshop in Lenox Massachusetts in the Berkshires. Cooking lessons, farm visit, tastings and more. Feel free to contact me if you have questions or call Kripalu at 1-800-741-7353 Talk and Book Signing — August 31, 7 pm, Worthington, […]
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 […]
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 […]
USDA approved school-tested local food recipes and a supplement for educators.
