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Tag Archives: vegetables
Homegrown Belgian Endive
My California sweetheart farmer, Rich Collins, came through once again this year with a Valentine’s bouquet of Belgian endive. So I put off harvesting any of my own chicons until yesterday. This is how my chicory plants … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetables
Tagged Belgian endive, chicons, chicory, Nichols Garden Nursery, Rich Collins, vegetables
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Roasted Garlic Heads, by the Dozen
When the garlic stalks in the garden began falling over last week, letting me know that harvest time had arrived, I sighed at the sight of several long braids of last year’s garlic still hanging from the kitchen wall, little … Continue reading
Playing with Belgian Endive
The most exciting Valentine’s gift I’ve ever received was a box of bitter winter vegetables. Don’t get me wrong; I am always grateful for a gift of good dark chocolate. But giving me a box of chocolates is like giving … Continue reading
Better Than Broccoli: Kale Buds
What do you do when your kale begins to bolt? Keep eating! I’ve made two meals, so far, from two kale plants trying to bloom in one of my raised beds. The buds, along with the thin, flexible stem tips … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetables
Tagged blooming, bolting, kale, stir-fried kale buds, stir-fry, vegetables
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Hop Shoots for Dinner
Yesterday, incredibly, the sun shone nearly all day, and the earth dried out enough for me to pull the grass from around our hop plant. I found some hop shoots as tall as a foot and many others barely out … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs, Vegetables
Tagged Honey from a Weed, hop sprouts, Patience Gray, spring, vegetables
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Sauerkraut Tips
If you mostly eat your kraut cold, don’t can it; just store it in the refrigerator or another cool place. A cellar, outbuilding, or porch may suffice, depending on the time of year and on your climate. Uncooked kraut retains … Continue reading
Posted in Fermented foods, Pickles, Vegetables
Tagged cabbage, fermentation, food, kraut, low-temperature pasteurization, pickles, pickling, vegetables
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Early-Summer Aioli Platter
Just as the tomatoes and peppers are timidly stretching their rootlets into the (finally!) warming soil of the main vegetable garden, we’re filling baskets with produce from the raised beds. Every mealtime provokes a variant of the same question: What … Continue reading
Sweet Milk and Sweet Parsnips
I first made parsnip soup many years ago, after listening with my then-small eldest child to Peggy Seeger sing, “What Did You Have for Your Supper?” on the record American Folk Songs for Children.* I didn’t read the song’s title in … Continue reading
Last of Summer’s Bounty: Winter Squashes
When sunlight streams through the red and yellow grape leaves as if they’re made of greased paper, when the walnut spreads a gold carpet of leaves across the driveway and pelts the roof with its black-husked nuts, when the new … Continue reading
Magic Beans from Spain
My neighbor Roxanne called to thank me for “the magic beans.” I was surprised; how did she know I called them magic beans? I hadn’t mentioned the beans at all when I’d handed her husband a brown bag that also … Continue reading
