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The vegetables of winter: Turnips and Swede

Kate — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:51:14 +0000

I am unnaturally obsessed with vegetables, but even I know that most people don’t get too wound up about the root vegetables that locavores in northern climes are working their way through this time of year. I also think we should all give up on the word Rutabaga altogether, and follow the Euro lead in … Continue reading The vegetables of winter: Turnips and Swede →

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One tiny chicken, three+ dinners

Kate — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:44:28 +0000

You know, if I were to write a parody of Real Simple and other magazines aimed at over-scheduled upper-middle-class suburban moms (and those of us who will no doubt be OSUMCSMs (catchy) in a few more years, heh) I would probably focus the food section on how rotisserie chickens are The Answer! To Everything! And … Continue reading One tiny chicken, three+ dinners →

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Bubble and Squeak

Kate — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:02:11 +0000

I’m obsessed with Jamie Oliver‘s show Jamie at Home, and have saved nearly every episode on my DVR (messy!). This might sound ridiculous, but this is the only modern cooking show I’ve seen that captures a bit of Julia Child’s spirit: Jamie is having so much *fun* and is so relaxed and human on camera … Continue reading Bubble and Squeak →

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Embarrassment of riches

Kate — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:48:18 +0000

So here’s a problem I’ve never had before and doubt I’ll ever have again: We are the owners of too much steak. We received generous and delectable assortments of steak from two sources in the last six months, and our small freezer drawer was beginning to get a bit unruly. We gobbled down two of … Continue reading Embarrassment of riches →

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CSA: Winter shares 2-4, the wrap-up

Kate — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:06:51 +0000

Since my cooking was pretty patchy and my posting even patchier as the end of the year drew nigh, I’m just going to post the last three mondo Winter CSA Share allotments all at once. Most of this stuff stores well; I have loads of potatoes, onions, garlic and squash in the pantry, and the … Continue reading CSA: Winter shares 2-4, the wrap-up →

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CSA: Winter share 1 and Ben’s killer meatballs

Kate — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:59:04 +0000

I decided to prolong the CSA season with a winter share: four heavy payouts every other week in November and December. Here is the first installment, which nearly killed me as I biked it home in a backpack: -Winter melon (it developed a sketchy spot and died a sad death within a couple days, sigh.) … Continue reading CSA: Winter share 1 and Ben’s killer meatballs →

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CSA: Week 20, end of the season and a dinner party

Kate — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:46:50 +0000

So the end of October (for shame, Kate!) marked the end of the regular 20-week CSA season. I signed on for the winter share, as well, so I’m still getting vegetables bi-weekly until Christmas. -2 apples -1 kohlrabi -1 ear popcorn -Carrots (Mostly cropped out of the photo on the right by the stupid, stupid … Continue reading CSA: Week 20, end of the season and a dinner party →

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CSA: Week 19, what to do with carrots

Kate — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:07:01 +0000

So many carrots. But first, the week’s haul: -1 butternut squash -1 head of cabbage -3 leeks -3 hot peppers -4 white potatoes -3 daikon radishes -1 bunch arugula -Carrots. At this point the carrots were starting to panic me. I had received them most weeks since august, and while we’d tried to eat carrot … Continue reading CSA: Week 19, what to *do* with carrots →

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CSA: Week 18, Carrot pants

Kate — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:51:00 +0000

Heeeeee hee hee hee hee. See anything interesting? Let’s zoom in: Carrot Pants! Hee!!! Ahem. The goods: -1 rutabaga -1 bunch beets, with lovely greens (purples!) -2 red onions -2 apples -Salad greens -Sweet potato fingerlings -Carrots, including Carrot Pants. I still had the kale from the week before, plus the lovely, lovely purple greens … Continue reading CSA: Week 18, Carrot pants →

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CSA: Week 17, still playing catch-up

Kate — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:50:23 +0000

Once again, unrelated produce and recipe contents. The goods: -Popcorn!! Currently curing on the wall. Apparently you can put an ear in a paper bag in the microwave and it will all. pop. off. This is unspeakably exciting to me.) -2 white, 1 purple turnip -Assorted peppers -1 small bunch kale -1 sad, sad little … Continue reading CSA: Week 17, still playing catch-up →

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