INGREDIENTS: 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temp. 5 small stalks green garlic, any rough spots trimmed, sliced into very thin rounds Kosher salt 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen shelled green peas 2 small heads of butter lettuce, washed and torn into pieces Freshly ground black pepper DIRECTIONS: Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a medium […]
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Non-conforming veg—too large, too small, too oddball in shape — may be rejected by large store chains, but our market has a very different perspective. We love taste! We celebrate diversity! We’re all for heirloom tomatoes with their rich colors, flavors, and free-spirited personalities. You can cut heirlooms into wedges for salad, of course. And they’ll look more like a conventional tomato. But why not slice heirlooms […]
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Local food is so good, it makes you want to use every bit of it. Here’s a way to make a lot of a little. We had a few left-over carrots and used this fun idea from Sherri Brooks Vinton’s new book, Eat It Up! Pickle Juice Fridge Pickles You’ve finished the jar of pickles and are now left with a jar […]
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How come “Russian Salad” isn’t better known in the US? Variations on the theme of potatoes, carrots, peas and pickled cucumber in a creamy dressing seem to have spread around the globe, from Europe to Latin America and parts of Asia. When peas aren’t available, cut-up beans can take their place. In the Mediterranean you’ll find pickles nudged out by green olives. Sour cream (even yoghurt) […]
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Why don’t we eat radish tops more often? Maybe because the greens, strangled by rubber bands, often look half-dead in stores. At the market, though, we’ve lately seen radishes with nice leafy tops – and they’re delicious. So this week’s recipe in our Waste-Not series uses the whole radish, from top and bottom. To store radish greens in the fridge: slice leaves from the radishes, […]
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This week, with luck, we’ll have asparagus at the market. There tend to be two camps when it comes to prepping asparagus. Snappers and Peelers. Bend asparagus and it will break where it’s tender, say the Snappers. Peel the stems and you’ll gain an extra inch or more of delicious asparagus, say the Peelers. We’re going with the Peelers in this recipe. Either way – […]
Read moreFreshfield Farm is selling baby potatoes, delicious for salads, or steamed and daubed with butter and parsley. Here’s a different way to cook them. These small potatoes—they have to be small– are cooked and smashed into jagged discs, then roasted to a crisp. Like fries, you’ll want to eat them with steak and salad. Like fries, you may want to […]
Read morePeas will soon be a thing of the past. One last recipe for snap peas, because it’s irresistible, and easy-peasy. Snaps on The Grill Sugar snap peas, untrimmed, stalks left on Olive oil Sea-salt or other crunchy salt Wash and dry snap peas, but leave on the stalks. Toss in a bowl with just enough oil to make them glisten. […]
Read moreBesides ice cream, Thomas Jefferson had a passion for peas. He was quite competitive about his pea-growing. So in his honor, a pea recipe: Peas in a puddle of milk 2 cups shelled English peas or fat shelled sugar snap peas 2 Tbs. unsalted butter 1 cup milk (approx.) sprigs of mint salt and pepper Shell peas. Melt butter in […]
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Roasting has become a favorite way to cook asparagus. (Lining the baking tray with parchment makes for quick clean-up.) Roasted asparagus is delicious just as it comes, but here’s a way to dress it up. Rich enough to make a meal for 2 or a hearty appetizer for at least 4 people. Roasted asparagus, hazelnut butter, Parmesan shavings 1 bunch […]
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