Kate Flaim (Girl Reporter)

Meat cuts like pork butt always call my name at the butcher counter because they are so darn cheap and so easy to prepare. Last week I had apples and pork on the brain, and it was also getting really chilly all of a sudden, so I hauled out (and scrubbed off) the slow cooker [...]

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 [...]

-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 [...]

It may be pleasantly cool and grey today, but the weather has finally caught up to the whole ‘It’s August” thing recently, which means I can’t bear to drink hot coffee while sweating my brains out in my tiny office. Luckily when I was in Oregon in June, my dad taught me his spiffy new [...]

-Chard -Summer squash -Fennel -Cucumbers -Basil -Beans -Weekly eggs Small share that week–but those little cucumbers, in addition to the pile of them I’d gotten the week before, prodded me into trying a recipe I’d seen on the farm’s recipe page, for refrigerator pickles. Fridge Pickles Adapted from Stone Soup Farm Brine (amounts are for [...]

I know I’m not alone in craving vegetables or salad when I get back from a trip. Sunday night, when we returned home from my dear friend Rayne’s wedding in Aruba, we really needed vegetables. I scoured the fridge, found a fading bunch of arugula, and then we went to grab a few more elements [...]

Let’s move past that sad pesto, shall we? The goods: -Kale -Mesclun -Iceberg lettuce -Sage -Sugar snap peas -Cucumbers -Zucchini -Weekly eggs My favorite restaurant in the neighborhood is Rendezvous in Central Square. It’s in a converted Burger King, but it’s just the perfect New American/seasonal kind of place, with great food and fantastic servers. [...]

Week 3: -Lettuce -Mesclun -Strawberries -Beets -Scallions -Dill -Summer squash -Weekly eggs I still had the garlic scapes from the previous week hanging around in the crisper, and the greens from this week’s beets were so lovely that I wanted to use them before they wilted. And here, for your eye-rolling pleasure, is where my [...]

If anyone reading is also a CSA-subscriber, you know how much salad needs to be consumed this month to avoid a total fridge-takeover. I thought I’d post two versions of steak salad that I’ve made in the last month or so, as possible alternatives if you’re not feeling the burgers for Saturday. Option One: Asian [...]