Last year, when I finally decided that buying a share in a CSA “made sense” based on the way that my family was eating, it was unfortunately too late, at least for that year – the season had ended and Lindsey and Erik were embarking on their yearly Dark Days challenge. So, I used the winter months to research nearby farms that might have a CSA share available come the spring and more importantly, where . . . → Read More: Thoughts from a Virgin Shareholder
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Here’s a piece published a few days ago by Dan Barber, the mastermind at Blue Hill. Blue Hill is one of the New York restaurants that really helped to open our eyes in terms of sustainable eating, and they have a bigger restaurant, a farm (Stone Barns), and a related education center in Westchester. Don’t let anyone ever poo-poo sustainable eating by claiming that “you can’t feed the modern world by retreating to 18th . . . → Read More: Our Sentiments Exactly… Fried foods on a stick are popular summer treats, especially in Minnesota, where I will be attending my second state fair this August (and Lindsay her… well it’s been many). We tried tackling one standby at home, as natural and from-scratch as we could get it (we skipped making our own hot dogs). The results were great! And it wasn’t even very hard. Make these on July 4th and be confident in what you’re . . . → Read More: A Homemade Fourth of July Treat: How to Make Corn Dogs! I don’t know how this happened, but somehow Erik combined ingredients and made a vegetarian kale dish that tastes like bacon. So good. We love kale anyway and just got some from our CSA, so I was expecting a tasty, but pretty typical, dinner. Not so! If you’re hesitant to get on the kale bandwagon, give this one a try.
Sautéed Kale with Garlic Scapes Makes 1 large or 2 small servings Amount . . . → Read More: “Bacon-y” Kale Sauté If we can keep from eating all our strawberries in a day, they go bad pretty quickly. Certainly much faster than the grocery store variety. Honestly, I take that as a sort of assurance – they’re not covered with nasty chemicals that keep them perfectly preserved. However, sometimes I want my Saturday strawberries to last until Tuesday, so I use the following technique. They won’t last for weeks and weeks, but you should get another . . . → Read More: How to Make Farmers’ Market Strawberries Last Longer |
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