Posts under ‘Vegetables’

Since I am a girl who takes being called a “potato eater” as a compliment, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I love gnocchi. I mean, really. Does it get any better than pillowy potato dumplings swathed in sauce?
Rarely, my friends. The answer is, rarely.
But in all my life, I can only [...]

The Saturday before the Eat Local Challenge began, I made my way down to the Grand Lake Farmer’s Market for the first time since I moved to Oakland.
This is absolutely ridiculous, because I’ve been hearing about how fabulous this market is since before I moved here. It’s simultaneously not ridiculous, because I’ve certainly managed to [...]

On Saturday, I’ll be trying out a new farmer’s market. A group called Oakland Food Connections will be kicking off what they’re calling the “triumphant return” of the Oakland Community Farmer’s Market, which will open for business from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and continue year-round. The market will be at 4173 Macarthur [...]

On my fifth day in the Bay Area, I was scheduled to attend a communications workshop downtown. I rode BART across the Bay, found my way to the building, and signed in, noting that one of the other names on the sign-in sheet was Carina Wong, Executive Director of the Chez Panisse Foundation.
It was only [...]

When The Mint Killer arrived in the Bay Area the Wednesday night before Slow Food Nation began, she told me to make sure I kept Saturday morning open.
“I have a surprise for you,” she said.
This is a hard phrase for me to swallow. I’m a girl who adores being surprised, but, simultaneously, a former reporter [...]

“Is that plastic?” asked the kid. He was visiting the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden with his parents, and peering at the lettuce bed.
It should be noted that the lettuce bed in the Victory Garden is like no lettuce bed that I, or you, will ever grow. Perfectly aligned lettuce in complementary colors, all manner [...]

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Chase Ledebur, my cousin Kären’s son. Chase has been gardening this summer for the first time at home, and I wanted you to hear from this wonderful and talented 12-year-old in his very own words.

Hi, I’m Chase - welcome to my garden. This is the [...]

On my way out to Oakland from Iowa, I made a stop in Grand Junction, Colorado, at my cousin’s house. She and her son Chase had planted their first vegetable garden in a beautiful raised bed off one side of the house. Tomatoes, squash, basil, oregano – the garden was still filled with seedlings when [...]

Bed 10A. That’s the location, on the official Victory Garden Map, of the tomato plants. During my first morning as a volunteer, I kept wandering over there, checking out the tiny yellow blossoms, eyeing the green tomatoes weighing down the branches, and admiring the basil and Italian parsley companion-planted throughout the bed.
Then I noticed suckers [...]

I would really rather not be writing this post.
I would really rather not have eaten this particular meal at this particular time.
I would prefer to have stumbled across it, like so many other recipes posted by food bloggers I know and enjoy, and would prefer to have just made it whenever, unnoticed. I would prefer [...]