Bring me your quince recipes. Please! My latest foraging score is my neighbor’s quince, which I’ve determined is not real quince but, rather, ornamental quince. (As an indication of my lack of quince sophistication, the ornamental variety is the only one I previously knew about.) I think it’s Pseudocydonia, however, rather than Chaenomeles (aka Japonica), [...]
Entries Tagged as 'local food'
Applooza loads me with apples, and I like it!
October 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Farmers markets, local food
Applooza came to the Lawrence Farmers Market last weekend, and what a treat! Apples, apples and more apples burdened the vendors’ tables, and former market apple mainstay Laurie Walters answered questions under the market tent where 18 varieties of apple (by my count) were available for tasting. Walters (in red sweater) talks apples. I tried [...]
Recipe mashup (and mixup) yields individual tartes Tatin
October 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
After years of attraction to, but avoidance of, tarte Tatin recipes, I finally gave in the other day so as to use my latest free food—old-fashioned, gritty pears from my neighbors’ tree. Angela & Michael have a prolific pear tree that had been heavy with fruit but was nearing the end of its production. I [...]
Tags:free food·fruit desserts·pears
Roundup: Fun food activities plus food for thought
October 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Books, Eating out, Food in the news, Roundup, local food
A big week for food fans is shaping up here in Lawrence, and there are other items of interest, too. Read on… Put these activities on your schedules: Friday, Oct. 3: Chef Kurt Michael Friese will speak and sign his book, A Cook’s Journey: Slow Food in the Heartland at KU. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. [...]
Tags:farms·Kaw Valley Farm Tour·Kurt Michael Friese·Lawrence restaurants·Roundup·sustainable agriculture
Pick a parcel of peppers and put ‘em up
September 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Cooking tips, Food preparation, local food
What do you do when someone gives you nearly a peck of (unpickled) hot peppers like these? If you’re like me, you freeze them. (Of course, you could also pickle them.) I no doubt harmed their quality by letting them sit in the fridge for a week, but then I dug in. I washed them, [...]
Apples, apples, apples, and thank goodness
September 26th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Farmers markets, Food selection, local food
The common wisdom is that the fruit trees in this region are making up this year for last year’s noncrop. Apple trees are no exception, sending out vast amounts of fruit, just as the pear trees and cherry trees and raspberry brambles did this year. Sample apples My first 2008 apples, as you may recall, [...]
