Archive for the ‘Food and Flora’ Category
Pimp My Pizza: Rethinking the Bronx Slice
Leaving the Garden after one long, hot afternoon earlier this week, I stopped into my favorite Bedford Avenue pizza parlor for a slice. Searching for my wallet, I remembered my bag had other green in it, too: Swiss chard, broccoli, ...
Put a little Fungi in your Food
Last week at the Greenmarket, Colin from The Tasting Room stopped by and dropped off a basket of fungi for Kira. She took one look, said, “Mushrooms make me sick!” and passed them on to me. This easy meal combines the meaty texture of these locally-grown porcini mushrooms with an ...
Springtime Salad
Hurrah, it’s our first big harvest of the year! To celebrate spring, the Family Garden ended the month of May with a picnic. ...
Asparagus: Don’t Knock It ’til You’ve…
Here in New York City, springtime at the Greenmarket is a stumble towards the oh-my-God glorious harvests of our rich summers. Don’t let the slim-pickin’ fool you: there’s a wide range of tasty delights to be found on farmers’ tables even these rainy ...
Camp Soup
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to post a good recipe, but I’d like to share one from the riverside banks of a spot somewhere near Foyel, Argentina.
In a pot, fry up some onion. Add a pinch of tumeric ...
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 ...
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 ...
Knish!
This Monday, Growing Chefs put together some wonderful little knishes. To my suprise, no one in Darien, Connecticut had heard of knish! so we were free to experiment with our own fillings without fear of ...