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Posts tagged “radish”

Backyard Gardening: First Radish From the Garden

Just before I left on a long trip to the Northwest (cross your fingers for the continued health of my garden for me, please...) I pulled up my first garden radish. It was a tiny, late-planted little g...

How To Eat a Radish: Tips, Ideas, and Recipes

When we shared our quick appetizer, radish slices layered on bread with cheese and chives, several of you mentioned that you're trying to eat more of these crunchy, delicious spring vegetables. Are yo...

Afternoon Snack: Radishes with Cream Cheese and Chives

Radishes are one of our favorite bright spring vegetables. Last year, we almost overdosed on radishes with butter and sea salt (so good), so we started thinking of another option for snacking. The cre...

Farmers' Market Report: Opening Day
Chicago

Chicago's Green City Market held its first outdoor market of the year today. Taking a brief stroll through the stalls – some already overflowing with early season produce – we felt ourselves breat...

Spring Preserves: Quick Radish Pickles

We usually think of pickling and preserving late in the summer or fall, when summer's bounty of vegetables means jars of tomato sauce and tangy pickles. But what about pickling one of spring's quintes...

How To Make a Radish Wreath for Spring

Wow, look at this radish wreath! Wreaths aren't just for winter greenery and fall gourds — check out this very springlike version that you can make yourself. ...

In Season: Daikon

Daikon are large, white Asian radishes used primarily in Japanese cooking. We've been getting them in our CSA lately, and we've got a tip on what to do with them......

Product Review: Goat Butter

I first had goat butter at Bar Tartine a few years ago, where it was served as an appetizer with radishes and salt and a very nice glass of sparkling rose. Swoon. I was smitten and wanted to know m...

Seasonal Recipe: Chilled Pea Soup with Radish and Mango Relish

What an interesting, fleeting time of year this is. Will it be hot or cold tomorrow, spring or summer? A bouquet of fading peonies captures this moment and inspired a recipe which pays homage to the...

Look! First Radish From the Garden

We have rather neglected our little container garden this past week. It was hot, then pouring rain, and we have barely glanced its way. Well, goes to show how much help it needs from us! While we were...

Look! Radishes Creeping Up and Up and...

Look! We had a big rain the last couple of days and the plants in our container garden have gone wild. Garden Month may be over, but we're going to track with our little seedlings all summer and show ...

How Does Your Garden Grow? Send Us Photos

See those? Those are our radish plants. It feels like being back in second grade, watching a bean sprout mashed between a wet paper towel and the side of a glass. We're that excited to see our little ...

What's for Dinner? Fresh Tuna and Radish Salad with Wasabi Dressing

What are you making for dinner tonight? We are thinking of something light - salads, radishes, greens and deliciously cool protein like the tuna in this photo. This is a rather elegant salad, don't yo...

On Growing Radishes

Last weekend, I planted some French Breakfast radishes, and, coincidentally, so did Faith. Radishes are a great way to kick off the season: they are easy to grow (pre-schoolers across the world do it...

Recipe: Spring Radishes Braised with Shallots and Vinegar

Oh - delicious! We had spring radishes in hand last night, as we showed you. They were all shades of pink, ruby and white - very pretty. We've been meaning to try braised radishes for a long time, and...