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Blanching! Shocking! Summer Veg Prep!
As I lay comatose after our best market ever this Saturday, I started thinking about how well one of my favorite summer vegetables was received this week. Beans. The humble bean – mighty nitrogen fixer...
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Creamy dreamy cake of your cakey dreams!
Well, it’s happened. I’ve officially been seduced by a few beautiful Instagram feeds that feature what one poster calls “rawsome treats”. I’ll admit it. I have been known to hop on board every food...
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Winter Spice!
I have been lucky enough to be in the company of many truly good cooks most of my life. My family got this recipe from dear family friends, of whom the husband is from Punjab, India. They used to...
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2016 Ends, 2017 Begins!
2016 Family Portrait Well friends, we made it! We are always so excited to get through the holiday season and start looking forward to the new possibilities – the new seeds, crops, flowers, herbs and...
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Nourishment – Body & Soul
Every year around this time, we start feeling antsy and also a little soft around the middle. You can set your clocks to our seasonal dietary cravings – while reassuring to know that our lives are so...
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Golden Life-Giving Citrus!
It never fails. Every winter I crave FRUIT! All the fruits! I will take all of the best winter fruits have to offer – pineapples, mangos (Ataulfos are best!), and citrus for days! We are the lucky...
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She’s Pissed at Pesto
There was so much to love about dinner tonight; free-range grilled chicken with rosemary and slices of lemon, Purple potatoes, baby fennel, colorful carrots, even baby artichokes simmered in vegetable...
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Posole is for lovers
Posole is for lovers of delicious brothy soups. This amazing amalgam of hominy, red chile, beef or pork (or not), and all the aromatics (lime, oregano, cilantro, red chile flakes, onion…) is in the...
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Spring Has Sprung!
Something to look forward to in a couple of weeks… We have officially been on the right side of Winter now for a bit, and as I was diligently potting up my tiny tomatoes into larger pots, destined for...
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Soufflés and Gilfeather Turnips, oh my!
A gentle reminder that this should be one of your “things” I must admit. I was skeptical. But then the adorable Julia Child entered the scene, and I got calm. Listen to me – repeat after me – “I can...
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