Sorry to the others, but our favorite stand at the market on Saturday mornings is Eden Valley. This is for two simple reasons: Their fruit tastes amazing and the farmers so really friendly, especially Lem. Well, two weeks ago they had tons of sour cherries – which are the perfect kind to make a pie [...]

Asparagus season is often a short window, and because of it, we tend to load up on it every week.  After the first couple weeks, simple blanched asparagus just seems repetitive and something else is needed to mix it up. Mom found this recipe (credit where credit is due…it is Martha’s) and we tried it [...]

Without question, one of my favorite spring market items is the garlic scape. The scape is the the early stalk of the garlic bulb, harvested before it is allowed to flower – which consequently makes the bulb grow as well. It may look and feel like your standard flower stem, but the garlic scape has [...]

Remember that interesting recipe from the NYTimes I linked to this weekend.  Well, I decided against making it as it is so freaking hot out.  While I have only recently admitted to enjoying soup (a lot of which has to do with how easy my stick blender makes it to cook), it is still something [...]

Pronounced keen-wah btw.  A grain I always have been afraid of since it is really only the crunchiest of crunchies at the co-op that seem to buy it.  I figured it took a while to cook, kinda like steel-cut oats, and was one of those super-cardboardy, but good for you grains.  I was totally wrong.
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