Kate Flaim (Girl Reporter)

Here’s an easy one to try out when you’re feeling autumnal! When we worked at the farm a few weeks ago, Jarrett gave me a couple pounds of shallots, including some that were “seconds” missing too much skin to keep well and get distributed. I needed to use the seconds up sooner rather than later, [...]

As we slip into Autumn, I’ve bought a few new things and am dreaming of a few others. It’s funny how universal that Back to School urge is; this is the one time of year when it’s incredibly hard to resist freshening up my wardrobe and the house. So far I’ve remained pretty restrained, but [...]

Regular readers are well aware of my adoration for Stone Soup Farm, the source of my wonderful CSA farm share for the last two years. The farm has kept us well fed with the most gorgeous vegetables (and eggs, this year!), continually reminding me of the value of eating local and supporting area farms. Stone [...]

To be perfectly honest, I haven’t cooked a real meal in two weeks. We were out of town for Brooke’s amazing wedding, and Ben has been on the road for work or out at meetings, so I’ve been eating by myself a lot. I very occasionally go all out for myself, but generally I confine [...]

-New potatoes -Carrots -Beets -Edamame -Zucchini/summer squash -Kale -Hot pepper -Heirloom tomatoes from the garden of the woman, Judy, who runs my pick-up location! -Eggs -…..baby lemongrass? Let’s address the last item first. I’m 99% sure this is young lemongrass. It sure smelled lemony. And grassy. I chopped up the whole thing and made simple [...]

Week 12 CSA: -Lettuce -Tatsoi -Corn -Odd long green eggplant -Tomato -Onions -Oregano -Green bell peppers -Green hot peppers -Wax beans -Pattypan (?) squash -Cucumbers -Eggs Let’s power through some neglected dinners, shall we? First of all, in case we get a last burst of warm weather or you live somewhere that is still getting [...]

In honor of Labor Day weekend, here are some recipes to thrill your barbecue-mates. I think my biggest regret for this summer is that we didn’t have nearly enough casual dinner parties out on the deck. The dismal weather in the first half, combined with near-constant travel in the second half, meant we just weren’t [...]

I’m posting out of order because Ben said I should get this recipe up for you guys. He rarely makes blog requests, so I’m listening! The week’s veg: -The prettiest eggplant in the world -Corn -Tomatoes -Beans -Cucumber -Parsley -Garlic -Mesclun -1 pepper -eggs I had a sudden vision one day of chinese noodles with [...]

[Hello, lovely visitors from An Apple a Day! I was touched to see Amy's post when I got back from a long weekend in NH, and I hope you like what you see and stay a while.] When last we met, I’d told you all about Ben’s birthday dinner. The next day was my birthday, [...]

-Gorgeous fresh onions -Basil -Mesclun -Corn -Zucchini -Arugula -Beets -Eggs Ben and I almost share a birthday (he’s 7/31, I’m 8/1), which means it’s more like Christmas or an anniversary in terms of joint celebrations, but since they fell on a weekend this year it felt quite festive. I cooked dinner on Friday for his [...]