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Peas

Bootleg Farm Finds: Farro Fettuccine with Wild Mushrooms

A few weeks back my friend Margie invited me to the Old Field Farm Bootleg Buying Club. Old Field Farm is a 160 acre farm in upstate NY that explores the relationship of art and agriculture. This was not your … Continue reading…

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Mar 15, 2012
Filed Under: FallPasta, Risotto and GrainsSpringWinter
Ingredients:MushroomsPeas

Not So Winter Pasta: From Freezer Stock and Pantry Spoils

It seems the sub-freezing temperatures that set in this week are here to stay and we’ve finally begun to see the heart of Brooklyn winter. Local produce has rapidly dwindled to a limited selection of root vegetables, cold storage apples … Continue reading…

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Jan 05, 2012
Filed Under: Pasta, Risotto and GrainsWinter
Ingredients:PeasSun dried tomatoes

Start Shelling! Make Sweet Pea Risotto

We’ve been eating a lot of peas since mid-June. Freshly shelled, there is nothing better. The season for shelling peas is short, but the cold rainy Spring seams to be slowing down the parade of Summer produce and I’m still … Continue reading…

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Jul 12, 2011
Filed Under: Pasta, Risotto and GrainsSpringSummer
Ingredients:PeasFennel

Grab Your Spices: Make Swiss Chard and Red Lentil Curry

Last week I had an email conversation with my friend Joe, who knows his way around the kitchen, especially with a dutch oven and a big cut of meat. He told me he was happy to see my Kale Salad … Continue reading…

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Jun 27, 2011
Filed Under: Eat Your GreensFallSpringSummer
Ingredients:ChardSwiss chardLentilsPeas
Tagged: CurrySpices

Oh Snap, That’s Healthy! Make Quinoa with Sugar Snap Peas and Mint

Last July I agreed to cater our friends’ film shoot in the Catskills. I would feed 18 people 3 meals a day for 4 days. I know, crazy. It was a ton of work, the meal and ingredient planning alone … Continue reading…

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Jun 21, 2011
Filed Under: Pasta, Risotto and GrainsSidesSummer
Ingredients:BeansSugar snap peasPeasQuinoaMint
Tagged: Catering

Rhubarb Improv and a Weekend’s Worth of Inspiration

I’m having one of those when-it-rains-it-pours moments in terms of my social calendar this week – 3 nights, 3 parties, which means 3 nights out of my kitchen and I’m running on a bit less sleep than I’d like at … Continue reading…

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Jun 17, 2011
Filed Under: Spring
Ingredients:RhubarbArugulaPeas

Cheese Sacchetti with Asparagus Puree

Brad and I frequently work late. Too many nights we find ourselves sitting in our studio when one of us says “Sh*t! It’s almost 9:00, we’d better go home.”  And while irrational hunger and fatigue will occasionally force us to … Continue reading…

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Jun 15, 2011
Filed Under: Pasta, Risotto and GrainsSpring
Ingredients:AsparagusPeas

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