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Crosne Jewels
They look like grubs, but crosnes are crisp and crunchy, earthy and sweet, like quinces masquerading as vegetables.
11.14.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- vegetable,
- produce,
- fall,
- robert pincus
food + cooking
Chinatown Market Watch
Also known as pitaya, dragon fruit is the pear of an epiphytic cactus species Hylocereus undatus.
10.29.07
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- ingredients,
- produce,
- fruit,
- seasonal,
- asian
food + cooking
The Sleeper Salad
No matter how long I slave over the rest of the meal, I know exactly which dish will get the most praise when I have dinner guests.
10.24.07
- Keywords
- cooking + technique,
- produce,
- dressing,
- lesley porcelli
food + cooking
Minutes of the Institute for Oleic Research: Palm Oil
The question has long dogged me: What to do with palm oil, apart from using it in Brazilian and West African cooking?
10.19.07
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Back Forty
Peter Hoffman (chef/owner of Savoy and a pioneer in the eat-local movement) has given the casual Back Forty a cowboy gloss.
10.18.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- new york,
- produce,
- farm-to-table,
- john willoughby
food + cooking
Season of the Pepper
When you see a half-dozen Caribbean women buying ten-pound sacks of peppers first thing Saturday morning you know it's time to pay attention.
10.17.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- produce,
- vegetable,
- robert pincus
food + cooking
The Worlds Best Figs, but the Supply is Limited
In the sunny Cilento region around Salerno, south of Naples, the harvest of white figs is just now wrapping.
10.12.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- produce,
- fruit,
- mimi murphy,
- italy
food + cooking
European Delights
Its grouse season in Londonand mushroom season in Paris. For people lamenting the creeping international sameness of restaurants, this is good news.
09.11.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- produce,
- ruth reichl,
- mushrooms,
- paris
food + cooking
Oozers Are Losers
And I think I can safely boast that I have the most beautiful compost pile in Berks Count, Pennsylvania this time of year.
10.10.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- produce,
- tim stark,
- tomatoes,
- farming
food politics
The Green Miles
Where does my food come from? A painfully dorky experiment.
10.10.07
- Keywords
- robert pincus,
- sustainability,
- environment,
- agriculture,
- produce