Archive for October 2007
Honestly: Carrots are truly spectacular.
I’m going to deadpan this one and say it with all my heart: carrots are outrageously awesome. If you haven’t thought about this lately, ...
Planting Garlic
More than the changing of colors in the trees (which this year, who knows why, has been oddly bland here in NYC), putting bulbs in the ground is a sure sign of fall.
Mushrooms with Walnuts
Extremely simple, suprisingly delicious. Mushrooms are a great fall food–true, you can get them earlier, but it feels good to eat such a woodsy food when the woods are turning such pretty colors!
Mushroom growers are a pretty neat ...
Jerusalem Artichoke: What is this thing?!
This might blow your mind, but the Jerusalem Artichoke is neither from Jerusalem nor an artichoke. It is, in fact, a Girasole (sunflower), with a tasty–if weirdly artichoke-flavored, ...
The family that eats together…
Spoons Across America, a wonderful program for kids (sort of Slow Foods, the junior version) has been touring a delightful number of children through the Tribeca Greenmarket where I sell fruit (apples, for the moment). I am crushing on “Spoons” like no other. I came across this quote ...
Class Prep!
Each Monday when I make the journey up to Connecticut to teach Growing Chefs, I see how much stuff I can fit in my bike bag without toppling over. This was last week’s bounty: about 100,000 lbs of food.
Squash Pie
Waaah! Look at this amazing squash Kira grew (and I biked back to the Bronx!) It’s Japan’s answer to a pumpkin, and if ...
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