February 2012: Warm enough to shed outer layers of clothes
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Shopping the aisles
We have an overwhelming number of choices for greens right now, something those of us in the Winter Bounty project take for granted. This was brought home to me when I served a friend a gratin made from mature greenhouse … Continue reading
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Tagged food, garden, Hudson Valley, New York Times, recipes, Slow Food, Spinach, winter harvest
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You can eat carrot greens! Who knew?
Sometimes, a piece of information falls into your lap at precisely the moment you need it. That’s what happened when I read “Yes, Carrot Tops are Edible…and Delicious” in Gilt Taste, a new online magazine and specialty shop selling artesanal … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby carrot, Carrot, Cooking, eating, food, garden, gardening, greenhouse, greens, Hudson Valley, New York, recipes, Temperature, vegetable, vegetables
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Carrot flan for a spring dinner
Because greens excel in cold climates, that’s mostly what we grew in the greenhouse this winter: two kinds of kale, two kinds of chard, arugula, broccoli rabe, head lettuces, cabbage, mizuna, and so on. Our root vegetables included turnips, radishes, … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrot, Cooking, eliot coleman, Flan, food, gardening, greenhouse, high house, hoop house, Hudson Valley, Mizuna, recipes, The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses, winter harvest
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“A meal any way you look at it”: Cooking from the greenhouse
I asked people in our group how they’d been cooking from the greenhouse lately. Lydia said, “I am just a fan of sautéing some onions and garlic and throwing in anything we picked from the greenhouse. I cook it for … Continue reading
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Tagged Beet, Carrot, Cooking, food, garden, gardening, greens, high house, hoop house, Hudson Valley, kale, locavore, Mizuna, Radicchio, recipes, salad, vegetable, vegetables, winter harvest
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Two hearty winter dishes with greens
I’ve been using my greens in salads, sauteeing them, or adding them to soups and stews. But the other day, I saw a recipe from chef Suzanne Goin that I decided to adapt. I cooked some barley until it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooking, eating, food, greens, jamie oliver, recipes, suzanne goin, vegetable, winter harvest
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A Thanksgiving without green bean casserole
For Thanksgiving, I slivered up half an onion and sauteed it for five minutes in my biggest skillet. Then right before we ate, I added large handfuls of Winter Bounty chard, which I had cut into strips. When the greens … Continue reading
