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Causing Ferment in the Kitchen
While the cold spring weather this year delayed growth of the vegetable plants in my garden, I am finally getting enough cabbage, garlic and radish to start making kimchi. Like yogurt and kombucha, kimchi, a fermented vegetable dish and staple of the Korean diet, has been enthusiastically adopted in the U.S. and is commonly carried […]
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Summer Abundance
I have a pretty good sense of how much produce I can eat, which usually prevents me from going overboard, but sometimes doesn’t, particularly in the summer. When market stalls and farmstands overflow with an abundance of colorful, flavorful vegetables and fruit, restraint remains parked outside. I often have a surfeit of zucchini or summer […]
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Winter Squash and Beans for the Season
As we open the calendar to the January page, we may wish to pay more attention to the food we eat and how we nourish our bodies. Then, as the month goes on, our daily to-do lists get longer and such wishes are pushed aside. When life gets complicated, sometimes summoning the energy to plan […]
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Lab Letdown, Health Disparities and Eating/Weeding Veggies
For our annual Health and Wellness issue, we’re diving into why vital outpatient lab services are leaving. We’re also looking at how Humboldt stacks up against the rest of the state in terms of health, and why, as well as efforts to combat suicide in our county. Finally, we’ll look at gardening for health, a […]
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Summer on the Plate
I did it again: In the spring, blinded by dreams of zucchini and their golden blossoms, I planted two seedlings in my raised bed (the land of experiments, I call it). As I write, I have harvested two small zucchini from one plant. And my dream is destined to end there. Fortunately, the zucchini harvest […]
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Pretty in Purple
The word broccoli conjures up the image of a dark green globe of close-knit florets but not all broccoli is created green. Some years ago, Janet Czarnecki of Redwood Roots Farm introduced me to purple sprouting broccoli as part of the farm’s winter CSA share and I will be forever grateful for that encounter. Many […]
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Looking Back, Moving Forward
As 2019 was drawing to a close, I saw reviews covering the last decade in terms of books, movies, music. I decided that, before writing something new, I would also look back and get a sense of the road traveled from March 1, 2007, when the first piece with my byline appeared on this space. […]
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A Multitude of Squash
I am not a fan of winter, mostly because of the short days. The only time the word winter brings a smile to my face is in winter squash, one of my favorite foods. Thanksgiving-related cooking activities dominate this week. While I have nothing to add to your tried-and-true set of recipes for turkey and […]
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A World of Peas
Spring has always meant peas throughout my life, both in Italy and in California. What has changed over time is my attitude, going from “oh, no!” to “yeah!” The peas I knew in Italy were shelling peas — also known as English peas, garden peas and a few other names — small green globes that […]
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Hardy Vegetables and Fragrant Flowers
As springtime sunshine beckons us outdoors, here on the home farm we are rolling up our sleeves and heading out for some serious time in the garden. Daylight hours grow and the mercury is rising. It’s prime time to develop garden fever. Lush winter rains combined with fall and spring fertilizing and mulching created primo […]
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Dressing Up Roasted Cauliflower
Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) is a member of the species Brassica oleracea, which includes a number of familiar vegetables, like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, collard greens, kale, kohlrabi and broccolo romanesco. Cauliflower is one of few vegetables that I have always liked, even as a vegetable-averse child, even in its most basic version, boiled […]