26 Jun 2011, Posted by admin in EAT + DRINK, 0 Comments

Edible Recycling: A Second Life For Beet Greens


I’m all for the recent rise of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture). Who doesn’t like the idea of a box of produce from local farmers regularly arriving at your doorstep? One week that box is full of baby lettuce, tomatoes and nectarines, the next week there is enough zucchini and summer squash to last the entire month. All great, but I am still an old-fashioned (and avid) farmers’ market goer. Sure, it takes a little more advanced planning, and perhaps the occasional (even regular) canceling of other plans. And yet every time I show up, it’s like being a kid in a candy score.

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25 Jul 2010, Posted by admin in EAT + DRINK, 1 Comments

Blenheim Apricots + A Jam To Remember


Apricots, like so many things, are easy to love when they’re all gussied up with sweet glazes. And yet in their raw, just-plucked state, they are all too often Farmers Market disappointments. Or at least so I thought, until I first tasted a Blenheim several years ago.

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