[From Jul-15-2017] Some of the veggies at today’s farmer’s market. The intense orange of rinsed off carrots tends to really pop, like some sort of neon beacon, especially in the flat light of overcast, grey days. Here they’re flanked by … Read the rest
Part of the Asian/Southeast Asian veggie section at one of the local supermarkets. Most of these vegetables are unfamiliar, some I recognize. I usually scan for unusual shapes and textures when I roll by, but my curiosity is never that … Read the rest
Leftovers from the previous season can turn into a delicious spring surprise! These onions grew from ones that were overlooked during fall harvest, and in a spot that hasn’t yet been tilled. There’s an official name for this: volunteering. Strictly … Read the rest
Wild turkeys foraging in a field. I see them all over, all seasons, always looking quite alien as they dart across the road, make their way in a straggling line across fields, take off on short bursts of flight for … Read the rest
Long-term veggie storage can get fairly involved, with root cellars, sticking things in piles of sand, adjusting humidity, spotting and culling the spoiled, that sort of thing, or it can be as simple as tossing a plastic bag of small … Read the rest
Yes, yet another thing to do with KALE! In a small fit of inspiration, I tore up a few fistfuls of baby Red Russian, and tossed ’em into the pot with carrots, onions, grass-fed beef shank, salt, pepper, garlic and … Read the rest
Beets, carrots, sunchokes: 8 am, second Saturday of the indoor winter market, freezing rain and flurries outside, it’s cool to be under cover..… Read the rest