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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. What’s new? 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 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 April 8th, 2010
Sweet, slow cooked and back-to-the-womb satisfying, Indian Pudding is a New England classic. This version is adapted from an old James Beard recipe, using maple syrup instead of molasses along with local milk and freshly ground local flint corn. I used dried corn kernels from my Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain CSA share, which was [...] Posted on March 25th, 2010
A week in Oaxaca inspired me to mingle the maple season here with a classic Mexican dessert — flan with a New England twist. Fried from my trip but blog-faithful, I preheated the oven and laid out the ingredients. Then I remembered something — a fabulous custard recipe from Lindsey Shere’s Chez Panisse Desserts. [...] Posted on March 10th, 2010
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 [...] Posted on March 2nd, 2010
My husband, Tommy, who at times I affectionately call “Mr Potato head,”kindled my passion for potatoes early in our 26 year marriage. Half Irish Catholic, half Irish Protestant, he grew up eating potatoes at every meal. These days, we often roast 5 pounds at a time for the two of us to keep [...] |
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