Category Archives: Local Food

Catch up with Smart this weekend

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Sarah Chain

Catch up with Smart magazine for the week of June 9, 2013.

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Reciplease! Rhubarb isn’t just for pies

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

Last week and the week before were devoted to that sweetest of spring-peaking fruits, the strawberry. Rhubarb is a natural next step, right? Now listen. I love a good strawberry rhubarb pie as much as the next person, but that’s … Continue reading →

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Container garden chronicles: The benefits of rain

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Sarah Chain

Sarah Chain is thankful for the recent rains that are allowing her container garden to thrive in this June 11, 2013, post.

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Reciplease! Keep it real with a strawberry basil cocktail

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

Last week, the strawberries arrived in my backyard. This week, they’re almost gone. We don’t have many, and what I didn’t turn into sorbet or cram into my mouth while turning the rest into sorbet were scavenged by the birds. So, … Continue reading →

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Reciplease! The strawberries are here!

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

I love “just because” presents. Some women get jewelry or flowers. I get a basket of couldn’t-be-more-fresh, sun-warm strawberries. Life is good.

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Reciplease! A little chive-talk

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

If you started your herbs from seed indoors earlier in the spring, or are stocked in the seedling department after visits to recent native and heirloom plant sales at York’s Horn Farm and MAEscapes, you might find yourself in the … Continue reading →

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Reciplease! Asparagus part II, and nobody’s mad about beer batter

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

Who could be mad about the prospect of more yummy local asparagus? I had some leftovers after my trip to Miller’s farm stand at Market & Penn and my subsequent bout with decadence, a la eggs and asparagus. And while … Continue reading →

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Reciplease! Get your fill of local asparagus while it’s peaking

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

Everywhere I look, there’s asparagus. Even out my own back window, in the lower garden, where we planted it last summer. That asparagus needs a few cycles before it can be picked, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy it … Continue reading →

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Reciplease! Fiddleheads and the foraging post

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

Merely typing the words “dandelion greens” last week made me realize that I absolutely had to write a post on foraging. What’s more local than a locavore, you might ask? A hyperlocavore. A hyperlocavore who is also a forager is … Continue reading →

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Reciplease! It ain’t easy being greens because we can eat them all

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Stacia M. Fleegal

If you’re bored by iceberg or romaine salads, and don’t think past lettuce and spinach when you hear “greens,” I recommend expanding your gastronomic horizons. Because guess what: Almost any vegetable’s greens are edible.

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