I’m still working on my Paris posts, so in the meantime, I thought I’d remind you of this easy recipe for fresh local peaches. Tossed with sweet onions, crisp bacon and cheese – it’s an umami-filled combination. I made it this week with the peaches I picked up from Kernan Farms on Sunday. Delicious! Grilled…
In the Phong Nha region of Vietnam, they serve a spicy green sauce with BBQ pork. Ingredients include Vietnamese coriander, garlic, lemon leaves, lemon zest, hot pepper and sugar. Its spicy and sweet: a perfect combination. I wanted to recreate the flavors but didn’t have access to lemon leaves. And since I had a ton…
Just as vegetables change with the season, so do fish options. No longer are we limited to tilapia, shrimp and salmon. Now softshells have started to appear. But at $8.99 for one, I’ll wait a few more weeks for prices to drop to something that won’t make me chokel. Instead, I went with skate at…
In a place known as the “Garden State,” community supported agriculture should be a way of life. Yet instead of an emphasis on what has made this region prosper, the farmland in South Jersey has steadily been disappearing. Large houses stand in place of chicken coops. Prisons have replaced cornfields. The famous moniker is becoming…
The farmers’ markets are filled with the first signs of spring. Pungent ramps, tightly curled fiddlehead ferns and plump morel mushrooms should now be available. Having eagerly awaited something fresh besides kale all winter, these ingredients are greedily scooped up by all the greenmarket shoppers I know. Unfortunately, the prices reflect the short-growing season and…
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