@TwitterThis past weekend, I was driving East on the Mass Pike when I spotted one of those signs for a farmer’s market at the rest area.
“Damn,” I thought, “it’s after 5:30, they’ll be closed!” But I decided just driving through the rest area couldn’t hurt.
Thank goodness I did! Though they were packing up, the farmer’s [...]
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The secret to good tabbouleh is very simple: don’t cook the bulgar. What’s the catch? You have to make it 24 hours in advance. The bulgar marinates in the juices of everything else, making for an especially flavorful dish.
Every time I make this recipe, I’m convinced it will fail: the bulgar won’t open up, [...]
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Greens, greens, and nothing but greens:
Parsley, peppers, cabbages and celery,
Asparagus and watercress and
Fiddleferns and lettuce!
—Witch’s Lament, Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim
Our weekly farm share has started.
So far, we have had:
mustard greens
spinach
arugula
broccoli
sugar peas
pea shoots
bok choy
red leaf lettuce
unidentifiable arugula-like greens
turnips (with greens)
I love my vegetables as much as the next person, but I confess I’ve been a [...]
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