seasonal eating
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Beautiful chart tells you how to eat seasonal (in the U.K., at least)
This beautiful interactive chart from U.K. organization Eat Seasonably may not apply precisely to your climate, and it’s pretty British in other ways too — “courgettes” are zucchini, FYI. But I love the concept — a handy calendar showing you what fruits and veg are in season at what times — and I love the […]
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The perfect meal for early spring [Recipes]
With fava beans and chard, this pair of recipes from the new book Ripe offer the perfect combination of refreshment and comfort.
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Whole Foods is a little confused about Chanukah
Oh, Whole Foods. Haven't you heard of seasonal eating? (Via Marjorie Ingall, who took this photo in New York, a city where you can buy a knish at a roadside stand but where Whole Foods apparently still doesn't know what Jews eat.)
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Chef’s diary: Holiday traditions
For some folks, this season is about peace and good tidings. For others, it’s just about the presents. In my family, the holidays were, and still are, all about the food. There are many items that must be on the table at my house, or it simply isn’t Christmas. Among these are the wild rice […]
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Where to put the tangerine? A holiday tale
Photo: Mike Chaput Our Christmas gifts were mostly practical ones: pencils, socks, toothbrushes, and that sort of thing. But each kid also received a favorite edible — olives for one brother, sweet and sour salt plums for the other, chocolate covered cherries for my sister and me. There was always the special item, too — […]
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Food Studies: Thanksgiving marked the seasons in a post-seasonal world
Food Studies features the voices of volunteer student bloggers from a variety of different food- and agriculture-related programs at universities around the world. You can explore the full series here. In A still from The Miracle of the Can.The Miracle of the Can, a 1956 promotional video for the American Can Company, a husky-voiced narrator […]
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Chow-to: Quench your thirst with a shrub
Photo: holytoastr“Drinking vinegar” does not, at its core, sound like the most tempting libation. But that’s what a shrub is: a series of ingredients cooked down and preserved in vinegar, then strained into a syrup, and used for a multitude of purposes. Conceived in several parts of the world (derived from the same notion as […]
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Chow-to: Tomato escarole soup with saffron [RECIPE]
A great way to use up the last of your garden tomatoes.
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Chow-to: Corn, green bean, pepper salad with harissa [RECIPE]
This easy salad recipe combines a range of veggies with the zing of harissa for an early fall treat.