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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 […]

Two Day Strawberry Jam (with a side of contemplation)

June 18, 2012

First, the contemplation: *** It’s been over two and a half years since I took anything even close to a vacation. Sure, I’ve had days off from jobs and academic breaks, but I would hardly say any of those occasions qualify as a true “break” from reality, or at the very least, from my day-to-day, […]

Homemade Yogurt

March 12, 2012

The sun is out, the temps are up, kids are playing in the streets, and the flock of chickadees inhabiting the hedge that divides my neighbors’ back yards are singing with all their might. At risk of being slightly premature, I will say that spring has SPRUNG in Massachusetts, and I could not be a […]

Honey Whole Wheat Rolls + a Locavore Dilemma

February 28, 2012

Consuming a diet consisting of mostly local foods may not be a novel concept, but it sure is making a comeback. Between 2010 and 2011 alone, the USDA cited a 17% increase in farmers markets throughout the United States. As locally-grown, raised, and produced goods become more accessible in terms of location, price, and year-round […]

Learning by Color

February 25, 2012

Last spring I stumbled upon this story describing an artist who had made a mural he called a “Nature Matching System.” Tattfoo Tan used the Photoshop eyedropper tool to pull out colors from photographs of produce he had taken at his local farmers market in NYC. What emerged from this simple activity was a vivid […]

Digging In & Putting Up in 2012: Part I

February 22, 2012

My, how quickly we move from one season to the next. It seems like just last week I was picking big, beautiful heads of Napa out of the garden at Waltham Fields, when in reality it was almost four months ago. I’m sure the freakishly-mild and dry winter we’ve experienced in the Northeast has much […]