celeriac

Allez Cuisine!
FarmPlate Mar 26, 2010 Celeriac 0 comments
The culinary battle of the spring is almost here. Tomorrow morning, the Sizzling Falcons, Chefhawks, Nutritious Hippos and 54 more teams of middle school and high school junior chefs--all with knives honed and whisks at the ready--will head to the Champlain Valley Expo to compete in the 3rd Annual Jr. Iron Chef VT cook-off. [caption id="attachment_2937" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Harwood Union High School's team"][/caption] Hosted by the Burlington School Food Project and Vermont FEED, the competition challenges teams of middle and high school students to prepare a delicious main dish using at least five local, farm-fresh ingredients. And that's not all—recipes must also be...
Slow-Cooked Pork & Root Vegetables with Orange
FarmPlate Mar 03, 2010 Celeriac 0 comments
From the FarmPlate Kitchen If you've never prepared celeriac before, don't be intimidated by its knobby, gnarly exterior — there's a mild, even sweet, lovely vegetable on the inside.  Use a sharp knife to peel. If you think this is going to take awhile, drop the chunks of celeriac into a bowl of cold water with a slice of lemon as you work to keep the celeriac from turning brown. 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder, cut into 2-inch pieces Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 large celeriac (celery root), peeled and cut into wedges 2 medium red onions, cut into wedges 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces 2 small turnips, peeled and cut into wedges 3...
Pete Johnson: Year-Round Farmer and Innovator
FarmPlate Jan 29, 2010 Celeriac 0 comments
Spring is only three weeks away--at least for the savvy Vermonters who've already signed up for their Spring Localvore Share from Pete's Greens' Good Eats CSA. Pete Johnson, the Pete in Pete's Greens, is a rock star among New England organic famers, and his year-round CSA concept is spreading across the country. By growing salad greens in unheated, movable greenhouses on his 230-acre farm in Craftsbury, Johnson has made fresh local produce a cold-season reality here. Johnson is one of “a critical mass of new, innovative farmers” at the heart of “a massive wave of change,” says Dave Rogers, national policy director of NOFA (the Northeast Organic Farmers Association). The Spring Localvore...