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Fair or Fowl: More Turkey Questing
2 commentsTurkeys are now officially my least favorite farm animal. This cutie (at right) pecked me twice while I was trying to take his picture. I guess I deserved it, because I was...
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Turkey Quest
I’m no football fan, but a few weeks ago, I went through an ordeal that I’d imagine was a bit akin to getting Super Bowl tickets. Except I was ordering my Thanksgiving turkey.Not just any...
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Who's Your Farmer?
One weekend this fall we could not make it to one of our farmers’ markets, so two bighearted friends volunteered to cover for us. They left here at 5 a.m. ...
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Hay Days
After a long spell of consistently wet and cool weather that made August feel more like September, it’s finally feeling like summer again. I’d been craving...
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Off the Cob
Since the height of summer, I've been enjoying fresh corn in my CSA share every other week, even though Patti doesn't grow the corn itself. Instead, she trades with a neighboring farm so that her CSA...
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A Sunny Soup for Dinner
Tomato season is now in full swing at Sport Hill farm, and on Monday I filled my bag with plump little Sungold tomatoes the color of egg yolks. Once again, the minute I saw the overflowing tomato...
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Thin Mints in Plant Form
Every spring and summer, I go crazy for mint. Its sweet-but-spiky flavor just seems to harmonize with practically everything I like to cook at this time of year, injecting a cool breath into a hot...
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A Global Vegetable Goes Local
It’s too bad I’m not a CIA operative, and my friend Ali Berlow a mole, because she is a source extraordinaire. She’s always calling me up at weird hours and...
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Summer on a Platter
High summer has finally come to my CSA and I couldn't be more thrilled. The box we picked up on Monday included cherry tomatoes from tiny to golf-ball size, in shades of red, golden and yellow, plus...
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The Land Ladies
One Sunday last winter, I settled into a cozy couch at the Chilmark Community Center to watch a film called “Ladies of the Land.” Maybe not everyone’s idea...
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Farm to Fork
Join Fine Cooking editors and bloggers as we explore ways of eating local, from frequenting the farmers market to growing your own.
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Im the Assistant Web Editor at Fine Cooking. I grew up in a cooking household (my mom is a cookbook author),...
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Local-Eating Resources
Robyn Van En Center (a directory of CSAs)


