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Ripe Now. This week, make ratatouille. Eggplant, tomatoes, peppers …

July 21, 2010

Now at Farmers Markets everywhere: eggplant, peppers, squash, fennel and tomatoes at peak flavors. Now everywhere: way too much heat. Make a silver lining: a huge pot of ratatouille; refrigerate it; and enjoy it cold for the rest of the week.

Peach Sunday

July 18, 2010

I got a huge bag of white and yellow peaches in my CSA farm share this week, so I'm making a Peach Pizza for brunch. And because today is National Ice Cream Day, it's time for homemade peach ice cream, too.

Pizza: Farm and Garden Fresh

July 17, 2010

Two great pizzas. Two bucks each. Totally fresh. Tomato-Basil and Escarole-Prosciutto. If you have kids or a significant other with bad eating habits, pizza crust is a great platform for healthy ingredients. I mean, who doesn't want to eat a pizza?

Pizza 101: Roll Your Own

July 16, 2010

Pizza for better, cheaper, delicious breakfasts, brunches, lunches, dinners and desserts. You can put almost anything on it. When it comes straight from your own oven, it’s infinitely better than anything you can carry home or have delivered.

Garden Watch #2: Corn Sex In The City

July 14, 2010

If you always wanted to know but were embarrassed to ask: watch the video to see how corn makes babies. I never thought I could grow corn in a container. But it looks like it's working!

Ripe Now. What to buy and eat this week. Summer squash, beans, leeks, cukes…

July 13, 2010

I love Tuesday - it's the day I pick up my CSA farm share and begin to figure out what we'll be cooking and eating all week. It's always whatever's perfectly ripe for the picking.

Garden Watch #1: Basil, Tomatoes, Cukes and My Delightful Basil Rolls

July 9, 2010

The first in a series of weekly Garden Watch reports. What's growing right now - and a recipe for delicious little hand-held salads I like to think of as My Basil Rolls. Grow and roll your own.

Two Cool Chilled Farro & Chilled Fruit Ceviche

July 7, 2010

Chilled Farro Salad with Chilled Watermelon-Peach Ceviche: Extremely flavorful, satisfying and light: less than 400 calories - pretty good for weather that discourages exercise. Prepare it in advance and refrigerate. Keep your cool at mealtime.

Berries Bursting in Cream Ice Cream for the Fourth of July

July 4, 2010

Happy Fourth of July! It's a big day, so let's squeeze Two Ways into Today: ice cream and gardening. Homemade strawberry-blueberry ice cream; and, growing your own berries (or anything else).

Cole Slaw: the Best Make Your Own in less than in 5 minutes

July 3, 2010

Crisp, light, delicious. No salt, no sugar, no mayo. Make it in less than five minutes. Serve it with or on your Fourth of July hot dog. Or wrapped by its own as Cabbage-Stuffed-Cabbage, a tasty little hand-held salad.