This week at the farmers’ market: regional edition.
Rob and I spent the last week in Beaufort, SC, with a stopover in Asheville, NC, on our way home. We hit four different farmers’ markets in the two towns and found a glorious bounty of …
Category: Other veggies
This week at the farmers’ market.
One word: Strawberries!!! The first crop of strawberries showed up this week—not too many, yet, but they’re absolutely delicious. I had a bowl of sliced strawberries with vanilla nonfat Greek yogurt and a sprinkle of Turbinado …
This week at the farmers’ market.
We venture north for this week’s market recap, to the debut of Chicago’s Green City Market in Lincoln Park. Farmers from northern Indiana and Illinois, and from Michigan and Wisconsin brought spring produce, and some surprises. …
This week at the farmers’ market.
In spite of a record-breakingly rainy April, we’re seeing more local produce showing up at the farmers market at Findlay, and also at the Hyde Park Farmers Market, which opened its early season just today under …
Moroccan chicken tagine.
Our January trip to Morocco opened my eyes to a world of sights and smells I’d never experienced. And it introduced my palate to a fantastic way of cooking. I’d been passingly familiar with Moroccan cooking, …
New favorite cookbook.
Right around Thanksgiving, I heard an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered with Dorie Greenspan, a longtime food writer and author. The subject was a dish called Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good, from Greenspan’s new cookbook, …
Warm and comforting tomato risotto.
I know, I know … risotto is just SO hard to make. Actually, it’s EASY to make at home and difficult to make in a restaurant (my opinion, certainly). Risotto is a dish that’s in regular …
Roasted vegetables, 3 ways.
When you cook for two as we do, it’s challenging to find creative ways to use leftovers. I look for ways to reuse, rather than reheat, leftovers. One night’s grilled steak becomes the next day’s steak …
