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Good Product: Fig Preserves

Fresh figs won't be in season for another few months, and even when they do show up in markets, we don't go nuts over them. We too often get a bad batch that's mealy and bland. Fig jams and preserve...

Good Product: Spin N' Stor

When one has a small kitchen, one wants as little clutter as possible. This can be hard to do with so much necessary kitchen equipment, and when we find something that's practical and compact, we jum...

Good Question: Where Can I Buy Frozen Fava Beans?

Kathryn took the above photo at an outdoor market in Europe, where fava beans are fresh and in season. They are in the US as well, but they do require some laborious shelling. Reader Virginia is looki...

SF Local Product: Affi’s Aubergine Dip

How to Find a Pick-Your-Own Strawberries Farm

The strawberry pie from last week had us daydreaming all weekend about crouching in the warm summer sun, plucking a ripe, juicy berry from the row stretching out before us, and immediately popping it ...

Seasonal Spotlight: Fresh Garbanzo Beans

A friend of ours who purchases supplies for a culinary school slipped us a few of these fresh, green beauties the other day. We felt like we were "in" on some clandestine culinary transaction! Breaki...

Do You Like Food In Tubes? La Tomate Spreads

On a recent trip to Montreal, we stopped into our favorite all-tomato store, La Tomate. It's a small shop that has tomato everything - sauces, jellies, soups, and even tomato-filled chocolates! We s...

A Fig Tree Grows in Chicago: New Chicago Hardy Fig Tree

With this post we welcome Joanna Miller, who is filing some correspondent reports from Chicago. Give Joanna a warm welcome there in the Windy City! We've long dreamed of growing our own fig tree, b...

Recipe: Quick and Easy Black Bean Soup

When held up against the fresh, mouth-watering produce at farmer's markets, canned foods can definitely pale in comparison (to say the least). But they have their time and place too! This soup recipe...

Olive Bars vs. Pre-Packaged Olives: Which Do You Prefer?

So many grocery stores now have olive bars, with big barrels full of olives sold in bulk. They are great when you want a mix to serve as appetizers, and although some people get squeamish about germs ...

Tip: How To Use Frozen Edamame

A reader emailed us to ask about using up frozen edamame. Her dilemma? What to do with them besides making a puréed dip. We have several ideas, and most of them start with the microwave......

Healthy Eating: What Should You Do With Goji Berries?

We have a family member who is obsessed with goji berries — for good reason, we suppose. They are the current darlings of the superfood world for being much higher in antioxidants than pomegranate...

Good Product: Muir Glen Organic Fire Roasted Tomatoes

We used these to make a quick sauce for our thin crust pizza this weekend, and at first the roasted-ness was "Hmm..." but in the end we decided it gave the sauce a richer flavor and married well with ...

San Francisco Home Produce Delivery: Westside Organics

Every so often, we're too tired to go to the market. But, we still want to eat healthy! Salvation comes in the form of Westside Organics, one of the many home produce delivery companies in San Franc...

How to Prepare Cardoons

At the Alemany Farmer's Market right now we're seeing a lot of cardoons in season. Cardoons are closely related to - and taste very much like - artichokes. Why is this vegetable not well-known, then...

Ingredient Spotlight: Kohlrabi

The joy of discovering a new delicious vegetable doesn't usually happen in the last weeks of winter. But last week, a reader told us that if we liked radishes, we should try kohlrabi, the strangely sh...

Impulse Buy: Wheelhouse Pickles Irma's Pears

When you charge $8.50 for a pint of pickles, they had better be life changing. Sure, Wheelhouse Pickles are well-regarded, standing out from the sea of New York's artisan pickle makers. But until re...

How to Open a Durian Fruit

Over the weekend, I purchased a durian, which is a tropical fruit that originates in Southeast Asia, in Chinatown in San Francisco with my friend Prisna. Durians have received mixed reviews across the...

Winter Cooking: Apples, Cabbage, and Pork Chops

We know. It's not exactly apple season. Apple season is Fall, with its apple picking and apple crumbles and general apple-y-ness. But if you take a walk through any New York City greenmarket these d...

Seasonal Spotlight: Lemons Call In Spring

We saw these bright yellow lemon juicers at Anthropologie a couple nights ago and the color of lemonade and sunny pies just called out for spring and sunshine. It also reminded us how grateful we ar...

In Season: Golden Kiwifruit

Remember the 80s? Well, if you were born after the invention of the personal computer, perhaps you don’t. Somewhere between the confluence of fruit-laden nouvelle cuisine, the neon craze, and a C...

Trader Joe's Pantry: One-Clove Garlic

Here's something new we tried last week: Trader Joe's Emperor's New Cloves Garlic - just one clove per head. We were curious about this - what does just one-clove garlic look like? We hate peeling g...

Look! Purple and Orange Cauliflower

Not like the others! Awe and lots of questions yesterday hit Samacott Orchard's stand at the Daj Hammarskjod Plaza Greenmarket here in NYC. This purple and orange cauliflower and light green broccol...

Good Question: Choosing a CSA

This question comes near the end of the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) season for most, but we thought it would be a good opportunity for those of you with CSA memberships to sound off on your ...