Tag Archives: beans

7.23.12 Sunday to Sunday

Posted on July 23, 2012 by diary of a tomato

A kitchen garden has a rhythm of its own, and this is the time of year when the garden needs to be picked daily. And the more you pick, the more the plants will produce. Here’s a week’s worth of … Continue reading →

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Pesto Variations: Broccoli with Garlic Scape Pesto + Cannellini Bean Spread with Sage Pesto

Posted on June 22, 2012 by diary of a tomato

Hello, summer. This week’s solstice was accompanied by torrid temperatures, finding us limp from the heat and as wilted as the garden. Luckily, a couple of pestos residing in the fridge gave us components for two quickly assembled and improvised … Continue reading →

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Maccheroni with White Beans, Dandelion Greens and Anchovy

Posted on April 21, 2012 by diary of a tomato

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” — Thoreau We’re at the far edge of what farmers call the “the hungry gap,” the time in April when winter stores are waning and before we can … Continue reading →

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Old-Fashioned Baked Beans with Smoked Bacon

Posted on February 24, 2012 by diary of a tomato

We take our beans seriously here in New England. Rumour has it that the reason there are so many different varieties is because every town had its own bean. I’ve yet to try them all but am working on it, … Continue reading →

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Northern Shrimp with Tomatoes and Yellow Eye Beans

Posted on January 13, 2012 by diary of a tomato

The season for Northern Shrimp — a sweet, delicate wintertime treat — has finally arrived. We buy buckets of them straight off the boat, so fresh they’re still wriggling around. Left overnight to calm themselves down, we then roll up our … Continue reading →

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10.9.11 Dragon Langerie

Posted on October 16, 2011 by diary of a tomato

We’d left the Dragon Langerie beans on the plant to dry, and found one of them already beginning to sprout.

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Field Notes: Romano beans

Posted on October 15, 2011 by diary of a tomato

On growing “Supermarconi”, an open-pollinated, climbing Romano-type bean, from Robbie at Yellow House Farm — I’m imagining cooking them like this: I was very pleased with the Romano Beans. I got them from Grow Italia [Seeds from Italy] and the variety … Continue reading →

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