From getting more fresh produce to food pantries, to jumping into the world of online sales and home delivery, and opening new farm stores, farmers rose to pandemic challenges with their usual grit.
It’s hard to believe that a fish with so many disagreeable attributes can make for a wonderful meal, but it most certainly can. It’s not called "poor man’s lobster" for nothing.
Women make up a large portion of Berkshire Grown member farmers. Currently, almost 70 percent of our member farms are at least partly owned or operated by women.
In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, Bob Luhmann offers a short history of the Irish potato "famine" that was more "conscious indifference," and a Curran family recipe for sowsheen.
For a continuous supply of fresh vegetables without relying on trips to the produce market, I store a diversity of organically grown seeds at the ready for sprouting.
To my fellow Yankees whose knowledge of grits may be limited to their reference in “My Cousin Vinny,” I’ve found they’re an excellent vehicle for spicy shrimp or poached eggs.
You may want to forget the possibly imposing French name, as it’s essentially a potato and cheese casserole. Then again, you may want to maintain its French heritage to impress your friends and family.
I’m going to take a wild guess that the cooking of oatmeal probably doesn’t show up on your top ten list of controversies, but it is within my incredibly shrinking universe and, since I’m writing this column, I get to choose.
I decided to roast two chickens, which provided us with most of the main courses for our lunch and dinners over the next three or four days. The other advantage was this savings allowed us to enjoy more pints of Guinness at the local pub.
Piles of raked leaves, chopped by running through with a lawn mower, make premium mulch that, along with grass clippings, is easy to snug around plants and between rows.
The winter markets have been well-planned to account for state and local board of health regulations. The number of visitors allowed indoors will be limited; everyone entering the market area will be required to wear masks; and shoppers are encouraged to plan ahead by making shopping lists and sending only one or two household members to the market.
If the voles allow, the carrots will be mulched and left in the ground for harvesting through the winter or in spring — same for a row of parsnips. A bed of perennial green onions, commonly referred to as scallions, continues to provide zest to raw and cooked dishes.
