When you have lots of greens – both for cooking and salads – it is sometimes hard to use them up before they start to wilt. This occurred this past week after we picked up loads of lettuce and cooking greens from our csa only for me to fall sick on Saturday and Sunday. With…
“Or what if I had simply grown up in a time when food was seasonal? When there was, in each year, a time of more and a time of less? When food was not just there in packages on the supermarket shelf all year?” ~ Jessica Prentice ~ Welcome to another edition of Food Roots!…
A lot of people say that locavores and “real foodies” are elitist. It seems like a silly argument to me, since the very first job man was given was to till the garden. Of course, if they are referring to those who fill their carts with expensive “organic” foods and have no intention of ever…
Turnips are great in that not only are the roots delicious and nutritious but, so are the greens. But, if you aren’t wild about the flavor of greens, then a quiche is a great way to hide them. We like quiche so much, in fact, that when it’s not too hot we eat a greens…
