I remember watching Jamie Oliver years ago, always preparing salads and garnishing dishes with a magical green called rocket. It turns out, rocket is actually my favorite garden green. Otherwise known as arugula, this green packs in the most flavor per leaf in my opinion. It’s not bitter like escarole or too [...]
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Garden Rocket Pesto x2
December 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Cooking
Tags:amy's bread·arugula·chelsea market·cherry tomatoes·csa·focaccia·jamie oliver·olive oil·parmesan·pasta·pecorino romano·pesto·pine nuts·rocket·walnuts
Leaving Behind the Trucker Hat
March 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Brooklyn
The New York Times ran an excellent article yesterday on the young farmers movement. The Times interviewed the two young farmers who left life behind in Brooklyn to start the The Hearty Roots Community Farm in upstate New York. I found this article to be quite inspiring as I’ve thought about doing this myself [...]
Tags:"Hearty Roots Community Farm"·"new york times"·"young farmers"·Brooklyn·community·csa·farm·Hearty·movement·roots·williamsburg
Lunch routine?
October 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
We just wanted to take a minute to share our lunch with you. It’s rare that The Salted Cod gets stuck in a lunchtime routine but we seem to be handling this okay.
We have been making a small salad with arugula, cherry tomatoes, and shaved carrots (everything but the tomatoes came from our CSA) and [...]
Tags:arugula·bonito·csa·furikake·lunch·miso·miso soup·parker farm·ramen·salad·scallions·seaweed·soup·South River Miso·tofu
Here is our Share! Week 12
August 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Starting at the top from left to right: arugula, mizuna, celery, corn, potatoes, cherry tomatoes.
The Salted Cod gets excited when Steve opens his truck door and corn is pilled high, practically bursting from the seams. We can only imagine what it must be like growing up in the Corn Belt where these ears are [...]
Tags:arugula·celery·cherry tomatoes·chilies·corn·corn chowder·csa·EatLocalChallenge·hatch·mizuna·new mexico·parker farm·Potatoes
Wilson Farm
August 22nd, 2007 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
Week 11 brought some excellent produce, maybe a little too good because we blew through the weeks share by Saturday. On a recommendation by our mom we hit up Wilson Farms in Lexington. We’ve known about this place for a while but for some reason or other have actually never been. Sure enough it is [...]
Tags:basil·blackberries·brandywine·caprese·corn·csa·eggplant·mint·nectarines·onions·pesto·ratatouille·san marzano·shortcake·whip cream·Wilson farm·yellow squash·zucchini
Here is our Share!Week 11
August 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Starting at the top from left to right: purple basil, arugula, celery, green peppers, cherry tomatoes, onions, red potatoes
Tomatoes, tomatoes, finally week 11 brings tomatoes. We received a nice pint of plump cherry tomatoes. The Salted Cod was popping these babies like candy on the way home from the drop.Week 11 also brings us [...]
Tags:arugula·caprese·celery·celery soup·cherry tomatoes·csa·EatLocalChallenge·eggs·green peppers·omelette·onions·parker farm·purple basil·red potatoes
Here is our Share!Week 10
August 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Starting at the top from left to right: carrots collards, baby bok choy, basil, corn, baby potato, green peppers, and zucchini.
Keep the carrots and potatoes coming! The carrots have been getting us through the work day, great snack. We used our potatoes again for an awesome Sunday breakfast. We can’t get enough of them.
Another [...]
Tags:baby bok choy·baby potato·basil·carrots collards·corn·csa·EatLocalChallenge·green peppers·parker farm·pesto·rice·stir fry·zucchini
Here is our Share!Week 9
August 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Starting at the top from left to right: napa cabbage, spring onions, carrots, mizuna, corn, potatoes, cucumbers, yellow squash.
Let me state right now that week 9 makes us feel good inside. The Salted Cod had a half work day on week 9’s pickup date so we took our bike down to central square to [...]
Tags:breakfast·carrots·corn·csa·cucumbers·eggs·kimchi·mizuna·napa cabbage·Potatoes·spring onions·yellow squash
Here is our Share!Week 8
August 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Starting at the top from left to right: carrots, superstar spring onions, beets, cucumbers, basil, cauliflower, broccoli, red bliss potatoes.
Week 8 is summer vacation week for The Salted Cod. This week we took a road trip out to Lancaster to pick up our share at the farm. It was a fun morning, I got to [...]
Tags:basil·beets·broccoli·carrots·cauliflower·csa·cucumbers·farm share·parker farm·red bliss potatoes·roasted vegetables·superstar spring onions
Here is our Share!Week 7
July 31st, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Starting at the top from left to right: yellow carrots, “superstar” spring onions, beets, cauliflower, cilantro, basil, cucumbers.
This summer is flying by. We were so excited for more basil that we whipped up a batch of pesto to freeze for later use. The yellow carrots were an awesome snack for the work week as well [...]
Tags:basil·beets·cauliflower·cilantro·csa·cucumbers·fresh vegetables·mark bittman·parker farm·pickles·superstar spring onions·yellow carrots