Farmbox Snack – Multi-colored carrot crudité
Let me just go on the record right now and say that I am not some great lover of the carrot. I mean, I like them, fine, but they definitely do not figure into a conversation about my favorite...
View ArticleFarmbox Salad #1 – Pea shoot salad with grilled shrimp, aged Parmesan and...
Farmbox Ingredients: Pea shoots If you’re like me and are not particularly familiar with the humble pea shoot, you can read all about them here. Dear pea shoots, your cameo in Sunday’s gremolata earned...
View ArticleReduce, reuse and rejoice!
What’s better than these delicious braised beef shortribs? Would you believe me if I said tofu? No? Good. That’s why we can be friends. But believe this, oh my brother, when you take that tofu and you...
View ArticleFarmbox Meal #3 – Poached arctic char with Italian dandelion contorni
Dandelions! Greens! Is it? Can it be? It must be! (drum roll please)…It’s SPRING! It’s enough to make my blue eyes turn turquoise. No kidding. Now, if you’re like me, then your normal recipe for...
View ArticleWhat’s a farmbox?
A few weeks ago, I was kicking around in Adams Morgan on a Saturday morning. The residue from Snowpocalypse 2010 had finally melted, the sun was shining, and I was feeling fine. I turned the corner...
View ArticleFarmbox Snack – Salsify apple “faux crabcakes”
If you happen to be making a list of (or song about, coffee table book on…) the world’s filthiest and/or ugliest vegetables, please make sure to include salsify on your list. Would you just look at how...
View ArticleFarmbox Meal #4 – Beet ravioli with poppy seed butter
So, I’m from Louisiana. And though I can’t be certain, I’m fairly sure that we Louisianians, categorically, are not known for eating a lot of beets. The same cannot be said for Russians, for whom...
View ArticleRamp it up! Farmbox Meal #5 – Mixed seafood grill with ramp pesto spaghetti
It’s a fairly unassailable assertion that you’ve heard a bazillion times (possibly from a Brazilian?) – food cooked outside tastes better. I know. Duh, right? And there are many who would go further...
View ArticleBack to the dacha – backyard gardening à la russe
Taking a slight left turn at Albuquerque now, folks, so please remember to keep all arms, legs, and capes inside the vehicle. Today we’re going to change it up a little and forgo the usual cooking and...
View ArticleJam on it. Fig jam is fre-fre-freshhhhhh.
Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum. Bumpabum bum bum. Jam on it. (Yeah yeah, we know, we know) - Newcleus Like many of you, my first encounter with figs was of the packaged elf-made snack food variety. And like some...
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