Aren’t they tempting, those fresh-looking bouquets for sale at farmer’s markets? The bounty, the color, the variety! And there are always flowers you won’t find at your local florists, because they are seasonal and local, and so much more appealing because of their rarity. It’s impossible not to be happy with a bouquet of farm market flowers in your tote – until you get them home and they start to wilt before you can get them in a vase… What […]
When you grow up on a farm you absorb things about food without realizing it, and simply take it for granted that everyone shares the same basic knowledge you do. This post grew out of a surprising conversation I had with some young people who had no idea how to buy produce. This isn’t a comprehensive guide, but more of a tip sheet to skim over before you buy. Apples: should be firm and crisp, and you shouldn’t be put […]
I love a salad that feels like a meal, but isn’t so full of heavy ingredients that it defeats the point of eating a salad. Salads served in fast food chains often have this problem; it takes extreme editing of the empty calories before digging in. My older daughter refers to this as ‘food surgery,’ and she meticulously picks out anything she considers unhealthy (or that she simply doesn’t like). There’s nothing to edit from this salad. The recipe for […]
Adapted from Food52 Genius Recipes, by Chef Michel Nischan Serves: 6 Prep time: 30 minutes
I firmly believe that if Einstein had studied the passage of time at kids’ birthday parties, he would have solved the mystery of the time-space continuum, because time never passes more slowly than at your kids’ birthday parties. You think you’ve assembled a nice mix of games and activities to pass the time, the young guests arrive, and fifteen minutes into the party you realize they’re on the last game and there’s another hour and a half to fill until […]
