A “citrus apocalypse“ (so called by the Los Angeles Times) was quietly spreading throughout Southern California.
edible stories
An Ojai Biodynamic Farm Comes of Age
The Lure of an Amish Tomato
Old-fashioned growing techniques and our love affair with simplicity make Amish produce a score. “My wife loves this,” says Charlie. He and his wife drive up from Huntsville, Alabama a couple times each year to refill their stock of hand-shelled peas. “There is nothing like those peas,” he says, just as his wife runs over…
Counting Sheep
One Tennessee farm is bringing lamb into the mainstream. Farmers Elaine and Howard Dustin are animal people. That much is clear immediately as we meet them at their farm, Belfair Farms in Lawrenceburg, 90 minutes south of Nashville. Along with their 138 sheep, they have 10 dogs, 50 chickens, and eight horses. Having grown up…
Backyard Buffalo Farm
Raising water buffalo for milk (and yogurt) in Northeast Florida Growing up in western India, Punita Patel was accustomed to drinking buffalo milk and all its delicious and nutritious by-products, like paneer, yogurt, and ghee. But when she immigrated to the United States at age 17, she found buffalo milk to be more elusive. Cow…
#2’s: Trotlining for Crab on the Chesapeake
A pile of #2’s says summertime, unrushed afternoons, and a morning spent with dipnet in hand. There’s just something uninspired—something ostentatious—about ordering jumbos. Demanding the biggest crabs the Bay has to offer, hulking battle-scarred survivors who have bypassed a billion crab pots only to end up savaged by your Carvel Hall knife. Go to any…
Milkweed and Monarchs
Maintaining—and harvesting—a patch of common milkweed can help monarch butterflies survive while providing us foraged food as well. The monarch butterfly—Danaus plexippus, if you prefer its scientific name—is in a very vulnerable place right now. These butterflies have a delicate existence in which their reproduction depends upon the milkweeds. There are 73 distinct species of…
seasonal cooking
Ham and Black Bean Flautas
Beer Soaked Monte Cristo Sliders
Egg, Ham and Jalapeño Brioche Rolls
Banh Mi Bao with Pulled Pork
Pulled Pork Empanadas with Cilantro Mojo Sauce
Jerusalem Artichoke Mousse with Prosciutto and Carrot Pickle
Vegetarian Eggplant “Meatballs”
French Flower Omelette
Cashew Butter Pie
Strawberry Lavender Syrup
Grilled Broccoli “Steaks” with Cape-Shallot Vinaigrette
