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In Season - Strawberries

Whenever I smell good strawberries — flavorful, juicy ones– they demand my attention. It’s so easy to pass their lackluster cousins in the supermarket, but the ones from Knauss Berry Farm demand a full stop. Their aroma is heady with memories of childhood visits to the Farm in Tata’s Chevy Nova. My grandparents and aunt [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In Season - Zucchini

We are most familiar with zucchini as the bland, over steamed companion of chicken at the wedding dinner. Zucchini is mellow, mild and sometimes mushy. It’s like the nice guy at work that you would never date. It is self-effacing, never taking all of the credit. Zucchini is the edible equivalent of [...]