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Posts tagged “Seasonal”

Recipe: Modern Green Bean Casserole

This casserole, the beloved green bean casserole invented in the Campbell’s Soup corporate test kitchen, is 51 years old and sorely in need of an update. Sorry Campbell’s and Del Monte and French’s...

Recipe: Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Squash, Persimmons and Pecans

All this talk of farro has inspired me to cook some. I love its toothsome texture and its flavor pairs well with fall ingredients. This salad has nutty, fruity flavors and contrasting textures. Serv...

Technique: Preserving Hot Chiles

These chile peppers from the Alemany Farmers’ Market win my personal Fall Colors Contest. I’m not sure what kind they are since I neglected to ask, but they look like Thai chiles and were abundant at...

Recipe: Modern Ambrosia

The word ambrosia conjures up heavenly images of cloud-like deliciousness and swoony sweetness, which is why it always seems like something fun to make and eat, but the truth is, old-fashioned ambros...

In Season West Coast: Pomegranates

One of my most vivid kid food memories is of eating pomegranates on the living room floor. My fastidious mother would finally succumb to our pleas for pomegranates, cover the floor with newspapers, ...

Technique: Oven-dried Tomatoes

As part of my fall quest to utilize the lovely end-of-season tomatoes as best I can, I’ve taken to oven roasting and oven drying them. Slow, low heat concentrates the flavor beautifully, uses up a l...

This Week in West Coast Produce: 10.2.06

We've got a little seasonal dissonance going on here and the produce isn’t giving me any clear answers about what to cook. In the CSA box we got the first of the season’s peppers and two little Swee...

LA Farmers' Market Report: Elser's Country Farm Heirloom Tomatoes

“Please do not touch the tomatoes,” a sign warns. “They bruise easily.” The tomatoes in question are indeed tempting. Vividly colored and exotically striped, Elser’s County Farm heirloom tomatoes ...

There's Only One Big Apple

[Chris, the new co-editor for The Kitchen's NYC beat, begins his tenure with us with an approrpiately NYC-themed homage to the apple... Welcome, Chris!] While there are many takes on why New York Cit...

CSA = Community Supported Agriculture

CSA... kind of rolls off your tongue, no? It's short for community supported agriculture and it's another great way of supporting local farmers and buy local produce. A CSA is a group of people tha...

It's Apple Week in the Big Apple

Slow Food NYC is celebrating Apple Week in the Big Apple from October 23-29. With a series of events, Slow Food will celebrate the variety and quality of our regional apples, particularly heirloom va...