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Cosmic Gazpacho
FarmPlate Sep 03, 2010 Onions 0 comments
Some might call it a gastronomic convergence. All week long we can expect an exceptional alignment of vegetables at produce stands across northern New England. Uber-ripe tomatoes, heavenly melons, red-as-Mars peppers, onions so sweet they don't bring tears to your eyes . . . they're all piled high and waiting for the right person to unlock their true potential.Some might call it a gastronomic convergence. All week long we can expect an exceptional alignment of vegetables at produce stands across northern New England. Uber-ripe tomatoes, heavenly melons, red-as-Mars peppers, onions so sweet they don't bring tears to your eyes . . . they're all piled high and waiting for the right person to...
Allez Cuisine!
FarmPlate Mar 26, 2010 Onions 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...
Pete Johnson: Year-Round Farmer and Innovator
FarmPlate Jan 29, 2010 Onions 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...