Some call them scapes, some call them whistles — whatever you call them, they’re delicious. Garlic scapes are the shoot that comes from hardneck garlic, growing up from the stalk and twirling up to a point. If let grown, the scapes will produce a flower and seeds. Since garlic is grown from planting cloves, not …
Garlic Scapes: How To Harvest & Cook The Most Whimsical Vegetable Read More »
I love food. I know that won’t come as a surprise, seeing as I am an organic farmer. But I didn’t intend to be one. Nope, my food journey began at 15 as a girl who’d learned the horrors of feedlots and CAFOs and declared to my bewildered parents that I was swearing off meat …
The Vermont Non-GMO Cookbook: interview & giveaway with author Tracey Medeiros Read More »
You know how people talk about comfort eating? Let’s talk about comfort cooking. About hours in the kitchen, about softening onions and garlic in olive oil, stirring pots of soup, melding distinct scents into a new aroma that wafts up and envelopes you as you stand by the stove, wooden spoon in hand. For …
Comfort Cooking & My Favorite Carrot Soup Recipe Read More »
I have a bone (er, seed) to pick with zucchini bread recipes. They don’t use enough zucchini! In the middle of summer, when the zucchini starts overwhelming our CSA members, and we’re left with crates of it even after we urge them to take as much as they want, I turn to the kitchen. …
Free the Zucchini! Gluten/Egg/Dairy-free Zucchini Bread that’s still delicious Read More »
Spinach is amazing. Plant it in the fall, leave it be in an unheated hoop house, under a thin fabric covering, through weeks of below zero temperatures, and then one sunny day, pop back in for a harvest. Seriously, I’m astounded. Of course, we knew this would happen. We planned for it. And still, after …
The Best Spinach Varieties for Green Drinks + Easy Spinach Smoothie Recipe Read More »
January is National Soup Month! What?! I know, I’m as surprised as you are—who knew there was such a thing as National Soup Month? I thought it was simply soup season, as in October — February (because by March I’m really ready to move on to salads). But thanks to my local coop, I know …
2 Soups for You, because it’s National Soup Month! Read More »
