If anyone is getting the winter blues due to over consumption of root vegetables, over-ripe apples, and imported fruits and vegetables from Mexico and South America – here is your wake up call. In the United States we grow the most delicious, ripe and juicy fruits in the dead of winter. Citrus! Because citrus is in season right now you [...]
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Grapefruit
Posted in Home Cooking, tagged citrus fruit, Grapefruit, grapefruit nutrition, ruby red grapefruit, vitamin c on February 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Banana Bread
Posted in Home Cooking, tagged Baking, Banana Bread, Bananas, Nutrition Banana Bread, Wheat Germ, Whole Wheat on January 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Some people look at a brown-speckled, overripe, soft banana as having only one place in the kitchen – the trash can. Others, like myself, look at them as treasure! I ordered a bunch of bananas earlier this week. Of course when they arrived they were mostly green with very little yellow coloring. As each day passed I [...]
Tomatoes
Posted in Home Cooking, tagged Add new tag, heirloom tomatoes, tomatoes on August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Who doesn’t love fresh, richly colored, and vine ripened tomatoes? They are one of my favorite parts of summertime. Our farm share has provided us with some wonderful and colorful varieties this summer.
Heirloom Tomatoes
The varieties clockwise from the top:
Light red with green top – Mr. Stripey
Orange, round – Persimmon
Dark red with green – Cherokee Purple
Yellow, round [...]
Pickles
Posted in Home Cooking, tagged Cucumbers, Pickles on July 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Do you know how many things you can make with pickles? This is a subject I have become keenly interested in lately due to the fact that I have an abundance in my refrigerator. How did this happen?
Earlier this year, in April, Matt and I joined a farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) through NYU’s food and [...]
Final Challenge Results
Posted in Home Cooking, tagged Veal breast on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rules: One mystery protein is selected by head Chef. Each person, individually, must envision and then creat a main course. Presentation of entre to the head chef is timed for 2 hours after each person’s start time. Your score is determined by technique, flavor, originality, and presentation.
Mystery Protein: Veal breast
Dish: Pan-fried crisp veal cutlet with [...]
