Reviving Traditional Foods
Beet salad with fresh basil and olive oil, sweet and fresh and earthy, becomes the center of our supper tables in late summer and early autumn when both beets and basil appear at market in abundance. Farmers sell half-pound bags of fragrant Genovese and Violetta basil for as little as four dollars, and you can [...]
Beetroot relish – savory, sweet and spiced with with cloves and star anise – nuzzles its way onto our supper plates every winter. A near-perfect side to pan-fried pork chops seasoned with sage or to a classic roast beef, beetroot relish provides an intensity of flavor coupled with nourishing micronutrients including vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. [...]
Here’s the tastiest morsels from my favorite bloggers’ feeds! This week, I’ve gathered up some treats that would perfect for an spring picnic: To start, I’d make Cheeseslave’s Pâté de Campagne replete with preformed vitamin A and seasoned with onion, garlic and allspice. I do have a gnarly looking pork liver lurking [...]
In the heart of ski country, spring replaces late winter slowly–so slowly that when most gardeners around the country are celebrating the season with the first shoots of asparagus or tender salad turnips or sweet peas, we’re still struggling under several feet of hard-pack, glacial mounds of snow. It is a barren and desolate [...]
The chioggia beet is an Italian heirloom variety noted for its white flesh and lovely red rings. It’s a pretty beet. Beets have a bad rap, and they’re terribly loathed among vegetables. Poor things. They’re lovely, really. If you don’t like beets or if you are loathe to try them, the chioggia beet is [...]
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Jenny McGruther is a wife, mother and cooking instructor specializing in real and traditional foods. Her work has been featured on CNN, the Globe & Mail, the Atlantic, the Christian Science Monitor, Denver Post and WebMD. Click here to learn more.
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