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If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn’t organic produce just be called “produce” and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of an adjective? — Ymber Delecto

Posted on August 15th, 2010

Watermelon and Tomato Salad with Feta

Savory, sweet and salty — what more can you ask for? Crisp watermelon and flavorful heirloom tomatoes make this salad a summer classic. I used Brandywine tomatoes and peppermint from my garden. Local watermelon is now available, and there may be a local feta producer near you. Feel free to add [...]

Posted on August 10th, 2010

Simple Beet Borscht

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 [...]

Posted on August 4th, 2010

Tuscan Tomato and Bread Soup

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 [...]

Posted on July 28th, 2010

Tomatoes Provencale

A classic, these are shockingly good when you use local tomatoes. The picture above shows them prepared with multi-colored heirloom tomatoes (from Moon in the Pond Farm) and basil (from my garden) before they’re sprinkled with cheese and popped in the oven. You can use a local aged cheese, such as [...]

Posted on July 21st, 2010

Best Corn on the Cob

(Photo by Caroline Alexander of Berkshire Food Journal) Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. — Garrison Keillor

Finally, local corn has arrived. The season’s painfully short, so be sure to eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so it’s firmly planted in your taste memory until [...]

Posted on July 14th, 2010

Tortilla Blintzes with Summer Fruit

These crisp tortillas filled with seasonal fruit and ricotta, topped with berry sauce make a romantic brunch or surprising dessert wrap. I used local peaches and blueberries here, but feel free to fool with fruit any local combination. (If you can find local ricotta  let me know where please!)

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Posted on July 6th, 2010

Summer Pudding with the Best of the Berries

It’s nine million degrees inside and out, and I’m awash in berries from my neighbor, Jim, who set us loose on his raspberry patch. Then there’s the black cup raspberry bush next to our bulkhead that’s laden with more berries, which I can’t leave to the birds.

So oodles of berries [...]

Posted on July 2nd, 2010

Market Salad with Pan Roasted Potatoes and Local Cheese

One early summer variation with beets, radishes and feta (or blue cheese). You could also add arugula, chives, and numerous other goodies. Fresh goat cheese could be spread on a toasted baguette if you prefer.

Many dishes in this blog are what I call open recipes, because they’re open-ended, flexible [...]

Posted on June 15th, 2010

Strawberries and a Talk about Salads

Three websites, each with a tasty…

A short talk on about Salads The first is Caroline Alexander’s Berkshire Food Journal, which I’ve featured before for its superb audio segments and accompanying slides about regional farmers. Today, I’m steering you to a short talk I did on salads, which I hope you’ll find useful now [...]

Posted on March 10th, 2010

Play with Your Goat Cheese!

Smooth and milky with a upbeat tang, no wonder fresh goat cheese production and consumption has boomed over the last few decades.

Likely there’s a small regional farm in your neck of the woods, say a 70′s homesteader like Susan Sellew’s Rawson Brook Farm near me, who chose her goats for their good [...]