I hope Garrison Keillor doesn’t come after me for that one, but it makes a great start to a weekend feature. We have our first rhubarb of the season from Harmony Valley Farm in Wisconsin, and it looks great! I’ve never been one of the strawberry-rhubarb people, preferring to let each ingredient shine brightly for […]
Season's Best
I made my first trip to the Green City Market this morning, and the temperature on the air made it seem more like harvest time than spring, but the sun was shining, and at first site of all the asparagus and lilac blossoms, I knew it was a great day. I wound up with some […]
Peanuts & Donuts
It’s been a lot of fun sharing our boiled peanuts and beignets with everyone. Reactions vary from bemusement to befuddlement, and we always try to explain what we’re putting in front of you. Almost every day, we update our servers on the questions, feedback, and talking points for these items. It’s really not very hard […]
Smothering Vegetables (or, how to make some super-rich vegan eats)
I’ve always enjoyed creative vegetarian cooking, as a great way to enjoy eating plants, which offer a far greater variety of flavors and textures than do meat, dairy, or seafood. That being said, I’ve always been a bit suspicious of what I call acts-like-meat, or these vegetable proteins made to look and taste like the […]
Pork, Chicken, and Beef (vegetarians, fear not: we love you too!)
We’ve long been fans of honest food. By that, we mean food that is what it seems, or pretends to be. In today’s industry of buzzwords, fast-talking brokers, media saturation, and lots of options, it’s challenging to find honest products on the market today. Lots of companies want to claim the “natural” label. There are […]