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So I had been wondering what to do with the shallots that arrived in last week’s Fresh Picks box. I was happy to have eaten every last radish, rhubarb stalk and leafy green from that box, but I still had 8 beautiful shallots sitting on my counter, quite possibly feeling like the last kids picked for dodge ball on [...] I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. It’s true, but that doesn’t mean I don’t eat dessert. I do. Actually finishing an entire dessert, such as a whole piece of gooey pie, or butter cream frosted cake stuffed with filling, or the double fudge brownie sundae with ice cream, whipped cream, chocolate sauce and cherries [...] Farmers are so cool. I spent this past Saturday morning talking with some of them at Green City Market. The market moved outdoors, and it was the first outdoor Saturday of the season. I wanted to get down there by 10:30am so I could watch a cooking demo by chef Carrie Nahabedian of the restaurant Naha in Chicago, [...] Aglio e olio (or AH-LEE-OLE) as we call it, is a family dish that we eat all the time. It literally means garlic and oil. And basically that’s all there is to it. We add some red pepper flakes, Romano cheese (of course), a little salt & pepper, mix it up with pasta and toss [...] So I got home from work a little late on Friday night….around dusk. I could smell my neighbor Bill’s bbq going (mmmm) which is always the first sign of spring for me. Forget the pregnant robins, baby bunnies and tulips. That bbq gets me every time. OK, so I did notice the mama rabbit sitting frozen in [...] |
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