Seasonal Cooking


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Seasonal cooking means fresh, ripe, tasty. It’s asparagus and salad greens in the spring, tomatoes and corn-on-the-cob in the summer, squash and sweet potatoes in the fall.

Seasonal cooking also means holiday cooking at its best: Christmas dinners, Easter brunches, Fourth of July picnics.

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Recipes: Asparagus Soup

In: Spring Recipes

Pureed asparagus thickened with potatoes and cream or flour and milk and garnished with emerald green asparagus tips will make both recipes springtime favorites. more...

Asparagus: Quiche and Salad

In: Spring Recipes

Lightly steamed asparagus can be used for main dishes, side dishes, soups and salads. These asparagus quiche and asparagus salad recipes are two delicious examples. more...

Asparagus: Pizza and Wraps

In: Spring Recipes

Here are two quick and easy asparagus recipes for indulging in one of Spring's most glorious offerings. more...

Recipe: Tuna with Chickpeas

In: Winter Recipes

This easy-to-make tuna and noodles dish can be cooked up in half an hour, start to finish. more...

Fish Stew with Coconut

In: Winter Recipes

This Brazilian seafood stew is easy to make and works well as a main dish when served with rice. The chiles make it just right for a cold winter night. more...

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May 3, 2008

The Farmers' Market is Open!

As Farmers' Markets start to appear around the country, our requests for "fresh" is answered.


Our local Farmers' Market unofficially opened on Tuesday of this week. It usually doesn't open until mid-July but a few enterprising farmers have been hard at work growing greens and harvesting asparagus. There were chard, kale, beets, beet greens and asparagus, as well as the perennial eggs and jams and jellies.

Advertising was word-of-mouth, and people were so excited to see fresh produce return to the plaza that the vendors sold out in less than an hour. Neighbors greeted neighbors, and those who were first in line took only a little so that everyone would have a chance to get a little something FRESH.

Though we have had no rain for 5 months, the river is full and the snow pack higher than usual, so there will be water for the gardens this summer. If Tuesday was any indication, the farmers' market will have plenty of customers all season long.

Eat Fresh

Eat Local

Eat Organic

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