We have fresh local radishes and those salmon colored carrots, as well as about an ounce of fresh goat cheese. The combination of these flavors–peppery, sweet, and earthy-tangy, will make a delicious salad to go with our pasta tonight. I sliced the carrot and radish into thin discs, tossed them with a spoonful each of [...]
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More Farmers’ Market Follow-Up: Radishes
Posted in Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, local food, radish salad, roving locavore, Vermont farmers' markets, Vermont locavore on June 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Kale
Posted in Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, kale, kale recipes, leafy greens recipe, locavore, roving locavore, Vermont locavore on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How to cook kale? There are many theories which involve long cooking and lots of water, but I prefer to saute it fairly quickly in a hot pan with a bit of olive oil. Last night, I cooked purple kale. I pulled large bite-sized pieces off of the stalk, and washed them in cold water. [...]
Asparagus
Posted in Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, asparagus recipes, eat locally Vermont, organic asparagus, roving locavore, Vermont asparagus, Vermont farmers' market, Vermont locavore on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My favorite way to cook asparagus is to roast it. The caramelization that happens in the oven brings out the natural sweetness of this grassy green, and the dry heat softens the stalks without turning them to mush. Preheat oven to 425. Roll asparagus on a cookie sheet in olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast [...]
First Farmers’ Market in the Northeast
Posted in Cheese, Meat, Vegetables, tagged eat locally New Hampshire, eat locally Vermont, New Hampshire locavore, New Hampshire Vermont farmers' markets, organic asparagus, roving locavore, Vermont asparagus, Vermont cheese, Vermont farmers’ market, Vermont locavore on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a stop at the Norwich Bookstore and Nana’s apartment, we went to the Hanover farmers’ market, on the Dartmouth green. I’d had some pent-up desire for this kind of variety and plenty, and I went a little wild. Jack and I ate half of the bunch of salmon colored carrots right away. Then, after [...]
Goodbye, good friends!
Posted in Beer, Dairy, Fruit, Meat, Vegetables, Wine, tagged Alabama locavore, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Auburn Alabama local food, Auburn Meats Lab, Auburn pork, grilled rabbit, locavore, roving locavore on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Whew—I can finally relax. I’m sitting on the deck in Vermont. The sun is shining, the Bloody Brook is rushing, Jack is loading a dump truck in the sand box, and a hummingbird is buzzing by. This is nice. Yesterday, Tuesday, was spent in buses, planes, cars, and waiting areas. Monday, the moving van came, [...]
“This Is Just To Say”
Posted in Fruit, Poetry, Whimsical on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was in such a hurry to post those pictures earlier, that I forgot to mention the culmination of the evening in a stunning performance: 2 1/2-year-old Mimi’s recitation of this poem by William Carlos Williams. I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive [...]
Berry my heart…
Posted in Baking, Fruit, tagged Alabama local food, Alabama locavore, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eating locally, local food, roving locavore on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we had a last, leisurely, late-afternoon-into-late-evening dinner with Jim, Sharyn, and the adorable Mimi. Jack and Mimi played continuously and tirelessly for five solid hours, pausing only for dinner—spicy local pork sausages with spicy mustard, shalloty crispy green beans, and grilled eggplant dressed with saffron-yogurt sauce—and dessert: lemon custard tart topped bountifully with [...]
The Pleasure of a Pantry
Posted in Grain, Meat, tagged Alabam, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, locavore, pleasure of a pantry, risotto recipe, roving locavore on June 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We’re moving out in a few days, and have no more dinners at home, thanks to friends. Peter and I packed all day, off and on, while listening to a random college-vintage shuffle. All but the dinner dishes, cereal bowls, silverware, and a few other things from the kitchen were packed by 5. And yet. [...]
to cultivate, v.
Posted in Philosophical, tagged Alabama locavore, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, roving locavore, Vermont locavore on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was listening to “John Wesley Harding” this morning and thinking that Bob Dylan is someone who cultivates oddness—in a way that seems oddly genuine. (But what is authenticity in a celebrity? One of the subjects of my British lit. dissertation….) Anyway, that got me thinking about what an encompassing, useful word “cultivate” is. We [...]
Musing on Moving
Posted in Baking, Whimsical, tagged Alabama locavore, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, roving locavore, Vermont locavore More stats on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we attended our last “green drinks” in Auburn. (We move out on Tuesday.) The table was full of draft ales and seafood: it was still in the upper-80s at six o’clock, we were thirsty and craving the light salty crunch of fried squid and sizzled scallops. Jack proved his readiness to eat like [...]
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