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31 May Escarole Salad with Fennel and Orange

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According to Ayurvedic tradition, every meal should contain all six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, astringent, and pungent. Leaving one out will leave us unbalanced and under-nourished. Have you ever...

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30 May CSA Share 2012: Week 3

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This week's share has a few new crop additions: fennel, bok choy and kohlrabi. Kohlrabi is a close relative of broccoli- "kohl" meaning cabbage, and "rabi" meaning turnip. It is excellent...

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24 May Ensalata di Riso (Rice Salad) with Pea Tops

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One of the most frequent questions we get at the CSA pick-ups and farmers markets is what to do with pea tops (also called pea shoots or pea tendrils). The...

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23 May CSA Share 2012: Week 2

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This week's share sees the appearance of escarole, a bitter green often used in polenta or soups, most famously "Italian Wedding Soup".  A CSA member kindly brought us a sample...

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21 May Kindergarten lessons about Hakurei Turnips

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Blooming Glen Farm grows over 30 acres of vegetables every season. A lot of those vegetables go to our CSA, which has grown to over 400 participating families. As many...

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