Archive for 2008

I’m a farmer’s market addict (Lexington, MA farmer’s market)

I’m a farmer’s market addict (Lexington, MA farmer’s market)

I know what you’re thinking, “but don’t you get farm-fresh veggies delivered by your CSA each and every week?” Yes, I do but what can I say, I’m a greedy geek. Sometimes the CSA just doesn’t provide everything I want to eat each week. I know this may come as a shock, but what else [Continue]

Late…again

Late…again

So it’s Daring Bakers time again, and wouldn’t you know it, I’m a day late again. This time around the challenge was a rich laminated yeast dough: The Danish Pastry braid. I’ve made both croissants and danish years ago in pastry school, but I’ve always shied away from making these at home. You see, laminated [Continue]

Quick CSA dishes

Quick CSA dishes

Once again I feel like the Iron Chef; I get secret ingredients each week and I get to come up with new and (hopefully) innovative dishes to tempt the taste buds and please the eater. Did I mention I’ve missed getting CSA veggies yet? This week’s secret ingredients were spring greens — lots of them. [Continue]

Red Fire Friday

Red Fire Friday

Friday was an exciting day, it was the first delivery of our new CSA veggies from Red Fire Farm. Being a huge food geek, I was excited for days before this and was counting down the days until the delivery. For the less geeky, a CSA is community supported agriculture – a local farm that [Continue]

berries and tarts

berries and tarts

Summer is almost here and berries are beginning to invade the markets. On a recent trip to the market, the eater and I were compelled to pick up some cherries, raspberries, and blueberries. We originally were just going to greedily eat them out of the container, but on the way home I decided that I [Continue]

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