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Posted on May 4th, 2010
Three local ingredients — rhubarb, yogurt and mint — one simple spring lunch.
The longer I cook with fresh local ingredients the less I want to fuss with them. Why mess with a good thing? But you can certainly play with other seasonings, such as lemon or orange zest, a pinch of allspice [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2010
Fresh Chive Noodles with Arugula & Fiddlehead Ferns (More variations below)
On Sunday, my 8-year old niece, Sadie, and I popped over to my neighbor Ruth’s place to visit her parrot and chickens and pick up a dozen fresh eggs. Black and white with deep red beaks, Ruth’s hens pecked [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2010
Ramp Pesto
I bumped into two fellow foragers gathering ramps two miles from my house. Even from my car, I could see the woods were lousy with ramps as well as the red flowers topping endangered trillium. I scissored a large bowlful of ramp leaves, leaving their roots to regenerate next year’s crop, [...]
Posted on April 14th, 2010
I lived in this old house for many years before I had the sense to look down at the spring behind it and recognize fresh watercress. There it was, looking just like the store-bought stuff, but younger and fresher.
If you live near very fresh running water, likely you’ll find it too. Harvesting [...]
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 [...]
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Also by Amy Cotler
The Farm to School Cookbook
USDA approved school-tested local food recipes and a supplement for educators.
Download it here.
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