Culinary News
Month: August 2015
National Food Days- September 2015
We have our National Food Day Calendar for the month of September. As always, we publish this calendar every month to give you ideas to have fun with. The items on this list aren’t always seasonal but have been selected for some reason by someone, somewhere on a National Day Panel. Some items are so good that we get …
Recently Foraged Ingredients: Vol. 22
These are some of the fun ingredients that are out there so talk with your vendors and farmers to see what produce is available in your area. Summer ingredients are still going strong, look for Corn (check out the corn post) along with the many different varieties of stone fruit, melons, tomatoes, and summer squash that is available. Berries are on the tail end with eggplant, peppers, and figs now more readily available. Here are …
Tip To Tail: Corn
Summertime means corn season, and plenty of fresh ears for all those warm-weather favorites. Most of the corn you find at the farmers market is sweet corn, commonly available in white, yellow, or bicolor varieties. Corn on the cob is great when grilled or sautéed, especially when served with a herbed Compound Butter or dusted …
Tip To Tail: Sunflower
When you buy sunflowers at the farmers market, you probably do little more than pop them into a vase for table decoration. If we think about sunflowers as food, most of us don’t go far beyond sunflower seeds, the classic snack. But, perhaps surprisingly, sunflowers actually have 8 different edible parts that can be used …
Recently Foraged Ingredients: Vol. 21
These are some of the fun ingredients that are out there so talk with your vendors and farmers to see what is available in your area. Summer ingredients are here so look for Corn along with the many different varieties of stone fruit, melons, tomatoes, and summer squash available. Berries are still around with eggplant, peppers, and fig season starting to make an appearance. Here are the items we have found recently …