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Posts Tagged ‘mustard’

26 March 2010 Produce share

Here’s the produce share that was offered on Friday, 26 March 2010, for the CSA $-subscribers, land-lenders, Friends-of-the-Farm, etc. Pretty good spread for being so close to “the Hunger Gap” of mid-Spring. Flavors include sweet (pea shoots), spicy (various mustards), bitter (chicory), and nutritive (nettles).

The spread, as offered at The Firepit [...]

Chioggia Beet and Chervil Salad Recipe

Chervil is a winter-hardy herb that likes to self-seed. It grows on its own in my front yard every spring. The flavor is a cross between parsley and fennel—an anise-like sweetness and potent green taste that create an astonishing alchemy with sweet and earthy beets. I like Chioggia beets in this dish [...]

Seasonal Salads

Five years ago, I never would have considered eating cooking greens raw. Raw kale? No way. But guess what. I was wrong! They make great hearty, healthy winter salads and taste amazing at a time of year when we don’t get many fresh foods. Dove Vivi surprised me recently [...]