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Slow Crabs…

Paula of mango and lime wrote in the Sun Post today about an upcoming Slow Food Miami stone crab picnic. It looks like Slow Food Miami is gathering momentum. There will be another event on February 24. The Sunday dinner at Fratelli Lyon will commemorate that first slow food meal. In 1986, Carlo Petrini led [...]

CSA Show and Tell #7

This week, I drank some delicious fresh-squeezed orange juice from the Uncle Matt’s Hamlin oranges. I expected great things from these oranges, since the Uncle Matt’s brand of orange juice at the store is always so tasty. I was not disappointed. Bill from tinkering with dinner was wondering what to do with the ginormous bunch of [...]

CSA Show and Tell #6

After the lovely indulgence – read dessert for breakfast, lunch, dinner and midnight snack — of the holidays, I’m ready to start my weekly cooking and writing again. I haven’t written a CSA Show & Tell since week 2, but I’ll start with week 6, since that’s where we are right now. I know that [...]

CSA Show and Tell #2

The second week of my farm share arrived on a hectic weekend. I had a houseguest and we spent most the weekend out while my vegetables sat cold and neglected in the refri. Since the vegetables were fresh picked they still looked crisp on Monday. They probably would have looked even better if I had [...]

CSA Show and Tell #1

I was thrilled to collect my first half-share of veggies from my Redland Organics CSA subscription last week. I plan to share what I get and what I make with it each week. I’d love to find out others’ ideas about what they did with their CSA treasure. I used the komatsuna greens [...]

How About Some Canistel With Your Turkey?

    The Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock enjoyed a three day gathering with the Wampanoag Indians. They ate corn; waterfowl like ducks and geese, and maybe some cranberries. There is no evidence that they ate any turkey. I discovered this while listening to an interview with a historian from the Plimoth Plantation [...]

One More Reason To Love Fall!

Chewy, soft cinnamon rolls. Fresh, plump strawberries and milkshakes. Warm, fresh-baked rolls. Soon, soon . . .  

Feeling Overwhelmed Yet Fulfilled at the Coconut Grove Farmers Market

If you don’t mind crowds and shopping outdoors, and you feel fulfilled at the sight of boxes of fresh vegetables and deli cases filled with layers of fruit, then consider the Coconut Grove Farmers Market. Glaser Organic Farms, in operation for more than 20 years, organizes the Saturday event. They provide many of [...]

The Farmers’ Market at Your House (Almost!)

In this column, I’ll be writing about different ways you can eat local. Basically, eating locally grown produce helps support your local economy, allows you to eat super fresh produce a day or two after it was picked, and minimizes the miles your food travels to get to you. I also love the [...]