Farm to Table · Spring/Summer

50 Ways to Use Strawberries

This past Thursday, my boyfriend and I decided to visit our local farmer’s market to pick up some fresh strawberries and see what else Spring had to offer. We grabbed 2 pints of strawberries at The Wild Ramp in Huntington, WV, along with some duck eggs and a pint of caramel pretzel ice cream, locally made. Yum!!

Flavor of the Month

Coriander in Sweet and Savory Tomato Jam

I found this recipe on Food52, as I was looking for recipes that featured coriander. After hours of plundering through Indian recipes, I finally found this tomato jam. Although I made a small batch and did not actually preserve it, I found this jam to be sweet, acidic, tangy, and even rich. I used store-bought… Continue reading Coriander in Sweet and Savory Tomato Jam

Farm to Table

Beet, Orange + Burrata Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette

Meet my new Culinary Best Friend.  The light to my kitchen darkness.  The vibrant to my blah.  The gorgeous sunshine to my spring.  I have fallen.  And let me just tell you why. Because I’ve got a thing for beets.  Because beets are gorgeous and the perfect texture.  They’re earthy and subtle and versatile. Because,…

Food for Thought

Wholesome Foods by Michael Pollan


“Imagine if we had a food system that actually produced wholesome food. Imagine if it produced that food in a way that restored the land. Imagine if we could eat every meal knowing these few simple things: What it is we’re eating. Where it came from. How it found its way to our table. And what it really cost. If that was the reality, then every meal would have the potential to be a perfect meal. We would not need to go hunting for our connection to our food and the web of life that produces it. We would no longer need any reminding that we eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and that what we’re eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world. I don’t want to have to forage every meal. Most people don’t want to learn to garden or hunt. But we can change the way we make and get our food so that it becomes food again—something that feeds our bodies and our souls. Imagine it: Every meal would connect us to the joy of living and the wonder of nature. Every meal would be like saying grace.” 

Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals



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