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Curried Cauliflower and Parsnip Soup

March 4, 2013

I’m terrible at following recipes. Or rather, I’m seemingly incapable of taking the time to seek out recipes and then prepare dishes accordingly. I don’t know what it is- my oft-hectic, job-to-job schedule, the fact that I’ve been working at a restaurant for over a half-decade, my taste for improv (thank you, Maura Morrison; EVERYONE […]

DIY Diet Analysis

February 23, 2013

The snowy landscapes of today aren’t fooling me. Spring is on its way, and I’m preparing to trade treadmills for trail runs and garden work as I begin my education coordinator position at Wright-Locke Farm. In doing so, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be healthy, and how so many, regardless […]

Guide to Joining a CSA

February 3, 2013

As a workshare receiving produce for volunteer work at a CSA-based farm in my city, I find it hard to tell anyone to NOT join a CSA, an acronym for Community Supported Agriculture (a business model in which shareholders pay in advance for a produce “share” they receive in installments over the growing season or […]

Pre-plan Can Plan

January 20, 2013

2013 brought about some unsavory circumstances around these here parts. First my monthly student loan debt payment doubled (bye, bye grace period). Then I had the pleasure of dealing with credit card fraud for the first time. And then I found out the house I live in had been sold, without any prior notice to […]

Cranberry Applesauce

October 12, 2012

Okay, it’s official: the space heaters are OUT in my 100+ year-old apartment. And the harvest is slowing down. Like, a LOT. At least in the garden I tend at Walthams Fields. With a group of volunteers a few days back, any remnants of summer were ripped out of the ground and thrown into the […]

Vegan Kimchi

October 9, 2012

I hope you’re not getting sick of my (slight) obsession with fermentation lately. Between all the brassicas I keep getting from my CSA workshare at the farm and the cool temps that help to keep ferments from spoiling, it’s hard to find a reason to NOT ferment. I’ve written about Mr. Lebovitz’ kimchi before, but […]

Fermented Apple Peel Vinegar (+ Switchel)

October 9, 2012

Apples, in their many possible forms, are one of my *favorite* foods. I’m extremely appreciative to live in an area of the country that, despite its own share of drought and freezes, has seemed to fare better than other, harder-hit agricultural communities throughout the US. I’ve been drying a lot of apples this fall, and […]

Italian Plum Jam

August 19, 2012

With a full “day off” ahead of me- gardening at the farm and in my tiny (and sorely neglected) GROW plot, and seeing the one and only John Prine perform later tonight- I’m going to (try to) keep this one on the short side. I’ve been holding out for bulk-priced plums for what has felt […]

Dried Cantaloupe

August 18, 2012

August’s bounty of peaches, tomatoes, peppers, and melons scream summer in the Northeast, but their arrival also marks the beginning of the end. I’ve already mentioned how the sight (and, of course, purchase) of local apples a couple weeks back sent a subtle wave of panic over my newbie-canner brain. Waltham Fields’ farm manager and […]

Coconut Red Curry Summer Vegetables

August 11, 2012

via Waltham Fields Community Farm blog, where I also publish: The summer crops just keep on rolling in with the waves of heat and moisture. Some of these items, such as the cucumbers patiently awaiting their transformation into canned bread and butter pickles, have been set aside for a specific cooking project. Others, however, are […]