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By Erik, on January 5th, 2011 Click on photos to expand I turned our local/seasonal food wheel over to the first week of January. This is it. Dark Days ahead!
Our local food wheel sees three more months of winter (click for larger version).
According to the wheel, from now on only the following will be available, and not in peak (i.e., in storage). According to the wheel, this condition lasts through March:
Potatoes Onions Cabbage Beets Carrots Rutabaga, Turnips Parsnips Shallots Winter Squash . . . → Read More: According to the Local Food Wheel, it’s Officially “Dark Days”
By Erik, on January 4th, 2011 Click on photos to expand
We already covered the how-to’s of roasting vegetables in our techniques section. Since it’s such an easy meal, I made a winter version last week while Lindsay was away. We had some vegetables that we had neglected and needed to use up. I took some pictures to document some of the atypical winter ingredients and cover a few helpful tips.
Ingredients
Roasting potato mix (back left) Brussels sprouts (back right) Watermelon radish (front . . . → Read More: Roasted Vegetables – Winter Version and Misc. Techniques
By Lindsay, on January 1st, 2011 Click on photos to expand
Pulled this one out just in time!! Thanks to the chaos caused by Snowmageddon 2010, my travel plans were up in the air for days. Luckily, the folks at Continental were kind enough to get me home on Thursday. Woo hoo! As much as I love my family, it was awfully nice to sleep in my own bed again. It’s also great to be back in my own kitchen!
Erik and I ate at . . . → Read More: Dark Days: Crostini with Butternut Squash and Ricotta
By Erik, on December 28th, 2010 Click on photos to expand
I was shocked by how easy and tasty this meal is.
The hardest part is peeling, seeding, and chopping the butternut squash, which isn’t that hard at all. If you can manage that step, you’ve got this meal. It’s also almost impossible to screw up, which is good since I was doing it on my own (see last week’s pasta that needed to be rescued).
Equipment
Standard prep equipment (cutting board, measuring cups) A . . . → Read More: Lentil and Butternut Squash Chowder
By Erik, on December 28th, 2010 Click on photos to expand After a break for the holidays, we thought that we would be back on our regular posting schedule this week, but Mother Nature had other ideas.
On top of the Saturday Union Square greenmarket being closed for two weeks in a row due to calendar luck (Christmas and New Year’s), there was a third closure on Monday due to snow.
Finally, Lindsay’s flight back today was cancelled and she won’t make it home until later . . . → Read More: NYC Snowmageddon
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