Novice preserves from a Brooklyn kitchen
[onion, giant squash, two apples, ready for chopping] Hi. It's been awhile. I thought I might blog sooner, assuming I'd have cooked this giant squash by now. Ah, well. I made this recipe yesterday, and I'm blogging about it today, over a month after my last post. [squash close-up (left) and squash chopped (right)] Here… Continue reading Squash Soup
[evercrisp apples, black beans, lettuce, kale, carrots, a large rutabaga, Brussels sprouts, and a giant squash] I went to the pickup on an unseasonably warm December evening, during what has been un unseasonably warm December week. There was no one to greet me but the volunteers—a fairly unemotional ending to a months-long event that was… Continue reading The Final CSA—Week 28
[white sweet potatoes] I'd been thinking of making a sweet potato pie since they first showed up in the CSA back in November, but I ended up roasting them instead. The week before, we received these white sweet potatoes, a more fibrous variety, and I thought they might be better suited to dessert than dinner.… Continue reading Sweet potato pie
[CSA 25th Season 2021 tote] The second-to-last pickup! The last cider! I will miss this prod to get me out of the house during the pandemic. And all of the beautiful produce, of course. Tonight they had a little end-of-the-year party, with hot cider, a vegan apple pie, and some fresh bread from the bread… Continue reading CSA Week 27
[sweet potatoes, celery root, rutabagas, and fennel] Yesterday, after making some perfect pear jam, I immediately began to peel and slice the winter vegetables that came in last week's CSA. Rutabagas, celery root, sweet potatoes, and fennel (along with a conventional onion), roasted together using this recipe (made vegan of course, with vegetable broth, coconut… Continue reading Winter vegetable gratin
[softening pears] As you may remember, I've made pear jam before, notoriously as my first jam-making attempt ever. I went with the same recipe, but halved, and with an added apple to bring me up to four cups of fruit. I used a tablespoon of powdered pectin, and kept a much closer eye on the… Continue reading Pear Vanilla Jam 2021
[honeynut squash] The long weekend was kind of a whirlwind. But we're slowly getting back into workweek rituals. This week's CSA is an interesting mix of kale, leeks, lettuce, garlic, sweet potatoes, and an extra squash to make up for the late-season produce from two weeks ago that quickly started rotting. It should make for… Continue reading CSA Week 26
[picture at the pickup: on the sign, lacinato kale, rutabaga, celery root, acorn squash, radicchio, fennel, and herb share of sage and mizuna] Just three more weeks after tonight. And finally, a week full of winter produce! Too late for Thanksgiving, but perfect for a cold evening in November. It will be enjoyed soon enough.… Continue reading Week 25 of the CSA
[collards, eggplant, bell peppers, arugula, cabbage, sweet potatoes, apple cider, and pink lady and snapdragon apples] Only four more weeks of shares. I might have more to say on that later. For now, I'm rather disappointed with more late summer produce. It might snow Sunday night (hopehopehope), and there's still eggplant and peppers. Obviously not… Continue reading CSA Week Twenty-Four
[three mutsu apples] I had been wanting to make apple cake with all of our apples from the last two weeks, but thought I might fancy it up by making a gingerbread instead. Looking for gingerbread recipes with apple, I kept coming across apple upsidedown cake. So that's what I decided to do. [upsidedown gingerbread… Continue reading Apple upsidedown gingerbread cake
Rhubarb Season 