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Orach, also called mountain spinach and bearing some similarity to spinach, is an interesting heirloom vegetable that you probably won’t find in many grocery stores. The velvety leaves are burgundy on one side and deep green on the other, with bright magenta stems, making it pretty enough to be a houseplant. When cooked, it bleeds pink, tinting surrounding ingredients like rice a reddish bubble gum color. (more…)
Hi Everyone! So, the weather continues to be excellent for both plants and humans! If this keeps up, it will be a Circle Brook Farm update record for consecutive weeks without complaining about the weather! Maybe I should call the Guinness Book of World records folks – I understand they’ll certify just about anything if there’s enough money in it. There are strong storms forecast for tomorrow, so we’ll have to wait and see how that goes. In the meantime, we have lots of nice produce heading your way! (more…)
This surprisingly easy and tasty recipe is from The Complete Book of Soups and Stews by Bernard Clayton Jr. It is great served hot or cold and freezes well. Try it with all the different varieties of green beans we receive. (more…)
Hi Folks! So, we have arrived at the end of another CSA season. While every season has its particular challenges, primarily weather related, this has been one for the books. While I’m not generally in favor of book burning I might be willing to make an exception in this case. Usually a particular type of weather is bad for some crops and beneficial for others. If there was any doubt, we can now state unequivocally that buckets of rain and days on end with no sunshine is not conducive to growing any crop. (more…)
Had enough salad for the season? You can add your lettuce to a soup. This recipe is from the book You Are What You Eat by Dr. Gillian McKeith. Serves 4 generously. (more…)
While we try to provide you with timely recipes each week, we are sure that there are moments when you are looking for something new to do with the variety of vegetables sitting in your refrigerator. That’s when it’s important to have a few cookbooks at the ready to find a new twist for the everyday (and sometimes not so everyday) veggies. (more…)
Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s book, The New Art of Japanese Cooking, offers a different twist on the Italian classic. Why not give it a try? The recipe serves 3-4. (more…)
Here’s a simple recipe to make your own tomato juice. Then, you can use it in the Summer Gazpacho Soup recipe, too, which follows, both taken from Vermont chefs Imrie & Jarmusz’s book, Cooking Close to Home. Enjoy! (more…)
Hi Folks, Well here we go! The first week of deliveries has arrived. As previously mentioned we got a late start on planting due to the long winter, so the first couple of weeks won’t be as bountiful as in previous years. I expect that we will make up for this as we go through the season. (more…)
Butternut squash is a winter squash belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family of field pumpkins. It has a sweet, nutty taste similar to that of a pumpkin. It has tan-yellow skin and orange fleshy pulp with a compartment of seeds in the bottom. When ripe, it turns increasingly deep orange, and becomes sweeter and richer. (more…)