“We get a lot of people from the ag schools coming out here to learn how we farm.” Dian Moore was echoing something Vicky Westerhoff at Genesis Growers had also told me earlier in the day – students, professors, and extension agents are really interested in how diversified small farms manage to grow such a […]
Anatomy of a Dish: Reezy-Peezy, ca. 1730
Here in the North, there are certain foods folks think of when Southern cooking comes to mind, and many of them are truly iconic American edibles – fried chicken, biscuits, grits, peach cobbler, gumbo, collard greens, fried green tomatoes, okra, and such – but the view onto the Southern table is perhaps a bit muddled […]
Sustainable Seafood Cooking Demo for Andersonville Green Week – Recipes
This Wednesday July 13, I’ll be Joining Brooke Havlik from the Shedd Aquarium at the Andersonville Farmer’s Market for a cooking demonstration on the topic of sustainable seafood. This has been a bit of a marathon the last two weeks as I have done demonstrations at the Taste of Chicago and Green City Market. Even […]
Recipes for Saturday’s Green City Market Cooking Demonstration
Even with all of the spectacular meat vendors at the Green City Market, I have to say what the market never fails to do is bring out the vegetable lover in me. I’ll leave the market with a dizzying variety of fruits and vegetables and ambitious plans to utilize them. This Saturday, we’ll once again […]
Cooking At Home: Strawberry Shortcake
From the North, South, East, or West, there has to be one sweet that means the beginning of summer for every child who’s in school and whose family eats at least somewhat seasonally. That’s strawberry shortcake. School’s either just let out or soon will be for the summer; it’s time for picnics, potlucks, trips to […]