In case you’ve missed it, this week (August 2 – 8, 2009) is National Farmer’s Market Week as proclaimed by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. This makes perfect sense and I have been the benefits of a locavor lifestyle for over a decade. What is a good way to get the word out and have some fun?

Why is white asparagus white? White asparagus undergoes the process of etiolation, – when plants are grown in either partial or complete absence of light. Specifically, dirt is mounded around the emerging asparagus stalk, depriving it of light. The plant cannot produce chlorophyll without light, thus there is no green color to the stalks. The [...]

This simple, fresh-tasting soup welcomes spring. You can easily make this soup year-round by changing the ingredients based on what is in season and your whim.

Spring is the time when a young lover’s heart turn to love and a culinarian turns to the bounty of wild foraged foods.

After months of gray, overcast days, barren farmland and nothing but storage vegetables, the first green popping up is a godsend.

heirloom yellow tomato gazpacho One bright August morning Steve Florin of Dancing Bear Farm dropped off the season’s first heirloom tomatoes. As brilliant in color as sunshine, not only were these tomatoes exploding with true tomato flavor, they inspired a welcome diversion when the thermometer outside was pushing 100 degrees. How fast can a chef [...]