Tag Archives: alliums

Local Food: Shrimp and Cabbage Fritters + Winter Salad

Posted on March 9, 2013 by diary of a tomato

I was going to call this post, “Not just potatoes.” This is for one of my cooking students who asked what could there possibly be to eat during winter that’s local. When I described what farmers were bringing to our … Continue reading →

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6.20.12 Flowering, fruiting, and scaping

Posted on June 20, 2012 by diary of a tomato

Our arugula is going to seed. We continue to add its spicy leaves to salads along with the flowers, but the blooms signal the end is nearing for this round of planting. Whereas here, each pea bloom is a new … Continue reading →

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6.4.12 Wet and bedraggled

Posted on June 4, 2012 by diary of a tomato

A Nor’easter has blown in, ripping the leaves right off the trees. It came in Saturday, continued on through Sunday, and doesn’t look to ease up for another couple of days. After which, there’s sure to be a mess of … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Salads: Potato, Shrimp, and Spring Lettuces

Posted on June 1, 2012 by diary of a tomato

While the other side of the world is tucking into autumnal salads, we’re just beginning our season of summer ones. Memorial Day weekend brought along with it some sultry weather, calling for something cool and thrown together with a minimum … Continue reading →

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Linguine with Kale and Ricotta Salata

Posted on May 19, 2012 by diary of a tomato

When too many meetings and commitments has us cobbling together something on the run or skipping dinner entirely — neither very satisfying nor nourishing choices — at week’s end, we look forward to sitting down to a restorative bowl of … Continue reading →

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Risotto with Peas and Spring Onion Oil

Posted on April 27, 2012 by diary of a tomato

Brothy rice with peas, called risi i bisi, is a classic Venetian dish. Though historically prepared only on the feast days decreed by the Doge, Venice’s ruler, this dish, timed to the arrival of springtime peas, is a celebration in … Continue reading →

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Spring Onion Oil

Posted on April 25, 2012 by diary of a tomato

A quick stroll around the garden yields a harvest of garden alliums (left to right): Egyptian or walking onions, chives, and garlic chives. As the first things up and in abundance, I make frequent batches of green onion oil, a … Continue reading →

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