Muscoot Farm Trip
Last night I made a dinner inspired by a trip up Westchester to Muscoot Farm, where I fell in love ...
Home sweet Garden: Before and After
I recently moved to Mott Haven, and with that step, acquired a garden. The bottom photo shows all the weeds that ...
Biodynamic! New superhero, or farming fun?
Two weekends ago, as a representative of, uh, myself, Growing Chefs went to a Biodynamic Farming Conference hosted by the wonderful Hawthorne Valley Farm of Ghent, New York. My favorite workshop was “Making ...
Growing Chefs falls for Fall
It’s love at first bite: September’s peppers are delicious and fingerpainted with swirling colors. Put aside your stoplight peppers (red/green/yellow) and pick up a purple-streaked green-and-red-and-almost-yellow pepper from your local market. Yum!
Heat Cancels Class, Flower Wilt in Protest!
Today’s class (August 2nd) is canceled. I hope everyone finds a good pool or movie theather to chill out in!
Heirloom Season
This morning I got up at 7am, biked all three bridges of lower Manhattan (BKLYN/MANHATTAN/WMSBRG), cruised to the farmers’ market, and bought these beautiful locally-grown heirloom tomatoes. I showed them to a customer at the ...
Mint Meal! July 19th
Wow! Ten guys in one class! A large crowd meant we could tackle the five-recipe menu I had planned: zucchini pasta with mint and rocambole garlic, a salsa salad with spearmint, cucumber granita with mint ...