French and Garden Sorrels

When we go out and tramp around the garden searching desparately for signs of spring ( Okay , it's finally here!) I always ge…

Sweet Pink Onions

I wandered into my local Valu-Mart a couple weeks ago, and my eye was caught by something I had never seen before: sweet pink oni…

Lennox Farm Rhubarb

Snowy, isn't it? It's the middle of winter; nothing is growing... outdoors . On Monday we headed out to Lennox Farm, jus…

Music Garlic

It occurred to me, as I was peeling a couple of cloves of garlic for a dish, that when I call for garlic in my recipes I assume i…

Heirlooms & Hybrids

I talked a lot about varieties of heirloom vegetables this summer, as opposed to the ubiquitous hybrids that crowd our grocery st…

Jerusalem Artichokes

Not from Jerusalem, nor are they artichokes. These are in fact the roots of helianthus tuberosus , which translates as the tuber-…

Black Spanish Radish

The trouble with most storage root vegetables is that they go into storage in the fall in good condition; crisp fresh and juicy. …

Rhubarb! Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb!

As far as I can tell, forced rhubarb is the very first seasonal produce of the year. Up to now, it's been stored foods from …