Now that summer is in full swing, our CSAs are finally starting to fill out with more than just kale and arugula. Not that we're complaining, but it's actually getting hard to keep up with all the pr...
Much of what we read about chard pertains to winter. So many recipes show up in February or even earlier, on Thanksgiving menus. Chard is a relative of the beet (but nutrients are concentrated in the ...
In our Cure check-in post below we noticed that several of you are already getting CSA or organic delivery boxes and are perhaps feeling a little overrun by fresh produce (lucky, lucky you!). So, we...
For many of us here in New York City, or in other urban areas, joining a CSA gives us a sense of belonging to the sustainable agricultural movement in a tangible way. It’s more than just trying to s...
Most Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm programs have wrapped up by this time of year, but Two Small Farms in Northern California is offering a one-time Yuletide CSA Box. For $25 you can pre-o...
It's that time of year again: the time of year when eating seasonally means potatoes, cabbage, and onions. This may dismay some, but not us. We've talked about cabbage before, and we have slowly grown...
Winter squash are making their way into late CSA boxes, and it's time to start thinking about what to do with the plenitude of squash that will often be the only local vegetable available in the next ...
Gypsy peppers are on the list of produce in this week's box over at Full Belly Farm in Northern California. Gypsy peppers are sweet peppers that have thinner walls and skin than grocery-variety bell...
Roxbury Farm in New York is offering Juliet tomatoes in this week's CSA share, so we looked into this tomato to see what makes it different from others showing up at the end of the summer. The Julie...
The corn is high in the fields, and driving through the country is like driving through a screen of green stalks and golden tassels. Weekly CSA boxes all have sweet corn - check out Boston Organics, f...
Peaches! Yes, it's peach season, and while peaches may be available year-round, shipped in from who knows where, there's nothing like a truly local, in-season peach. The best peaches are heavy and sli...
We are eggplant converts. We love how its vegetable texture can be pureed into silky, creamy dips, and how rich it can be with very little added fat. Are you finding eggplants in your CSA box? Here ar...
Cool as a cucumber - how do you stay that cool in the hot stretch of August? Hopefully you have a cucumber or two in your CSA box this cucumber season. Cucumbers grow in the middle of the summer, from...
It's that time of year. You gratefully accept a few zucchini from your neighbor's ambitious garden. Then she comes over with a few more, and although you can't really do anything with them, you take t...
Bok choy, or Chinese cabbage, is a vegetable that has been cultivated for thousands of years in China, and it shows up with regularity in Chinese and Asian cuisines. It's also showing up in many CSA ...
Do we really need any help deciding what to do with our summer tomatoes? It's high tomato season, and they should be showing up in CSA boxes around the country. We love summer tomatoes, especially the...
Cantaloupes are a favorite summer fruit - pungent and fragrant when ripe, and full of deep, sweet goodness. If you have one in your CSA box, lucky you. Cantaloupes are a type of muskmelon. In Europe...
Fennel is a vegetable and herb used widely in Europe but often not as well known here in the States. Even those of us who enjoy the mild anise taste of fennel seeds may never encounter a fresh fennel ...
If you are getting a CSA box this summer, chances are that you're also getting a ton of salad greens right now! We love a good salad, and while we've already talked about romaine lettuce and arugula...
Rhubarb, the "pie plant" is in the same family as sorrel and buckwheat - a vegetable usually eaten like a fruit. It's native to Asia and has been used in Chinese medicine for a long time. It's in seas...
While many of the Western states have been enjoying CSA produce boxes since late winter, most of us Easterners are just getting the first CSA boxes of the season. What's a CSA box? Community Support...
Avocados are a strange fruit - there's nothing quite like them. We're seeing them show up in a lot of CSA boxes - especially out West and in the South, where they're easy to find. The average avocado ...
Bok choy is a Chinese vegetable related to the turnip and the cabbage. The most familiar variety has a smooth white stalk and spreading dark green leaves. It's very common in many Chinese dishes, and ...
Collard greens are appearing in many CSA boxes this week. Collard greens are a classic staple of the Southern table, often cooked with ham hocks or bacon and plenty of hot pepper. They are unfamiliar ...
Sugar snap peas are among the last of the cold weather vegetables showing up in CSA boxes this week. Sugar snap peas grow well in colder weather and can even adapt themselves to light frost conditions...
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