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Posted on December 20th, 2010
The world-on-a-plate food can easily go awry in the wrong hands. But this fusion dish works fabulously even though it combines the classic potato and celery root duo in a Italian ravioli using Asian wonton skins. Go figure. Serves about 6
Tip If you make this Smashed Potatoes and Celery Root recipe, you can [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2010
Boxes of local celery root and potatoes. I gathered up 4 households to split cases.
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I’m gabbing on the Berkshire Food Journal
Winter farmers market Visit me at the Williamstown Holiday Farmers Market to say hello, pick up fabulous farm fresh food [...]
Posted on November 29th, 2010
Cooking for Chanukah? Don’t forget the latkes, crisp potato pancakes perfumed with onion and topped with local apple sauce.
Please join me this December for a lecture and signing at Boston University and the Hazon Food Conference!
Mixed braising greens from Markcristo Farm in Hillsdale, NY.
Posted on November 16th, 2010
No excuses! Burgeoning Winter and Holiday Farmers Markets make it convenient for you to include fabulous farm fresh foods in your winter feasts, starting with Thanksgiving. See below: To find a market near you and for this weekend’s Berkshire Holiday Markets.
Lots of Locavore Thankgiving Recipes
Posted on November 9th, 2010
My oldest pal, Judy, came up from the city for a perfect 24 hours, complete with book talk, bulb planting, and a giggle over the personal ads in London Review of Books, which are witty as hell.
We even improvised a curried vegetable soup. Judy wanted to post it. But, I insisted [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2010
No, the picture below isn’t a pumpkin dessert. It’s Vandana Shiva, eco-feminist, author of the remarkable Stolen Harvest, champion of the small farmer and opponent of corporate owned seeds. I snapped this before she spoke magnificently at Slow Food’s Terra Madre, where I was a US delegate in Torino, Italy last week. More about [...]
Posted on October 11th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2010
Time to use those herbs before the frost gets ‘em. Here are some fabulous ways to savor them over the long winter. (Excerpts from my book, The Locavore Way.)
Tips: Scan below to blue for general directions on preparing and freezing herbs.
Salt Drying Sage or Rosemary
About 12 years ago, I started [...]
Posted on September 6th, 2010
What can you cook up with all these fabulous summer onions, tomatoes and peppers? You’ll love the sweet flavor and dense, sticky texture of this versatile grain salad. It is easy to prepare and particularly good cold. Bulgur, which is also called cracked wheat, can be found in specialty and health food stores, [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2010
These savory cakes are crisp on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside, and are superb accompanied with a salad of summer tomatoes and chopped Greek olives.
It’s a snap to use lots of local goodies in this recipe, such as garden zucchini, farmers market onion, local yogurt and eggs. (I used Hawthorne [...]
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