Tag: seasons eatings
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October 15, 2007 09:49 AM EDT --
I have a confession to make—for a long time, I despised eggplant. Associating eggplant with eggplant parmesan—too often oily, breaded discs drenched in cheese and drowned in unappealing marinara . . .
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December 31, 2007 10:02 AM EST --
The end of an old year and the start of a new one provide annual opportunities for reflection and renewal. With that in mind, I'd like to offer you a story that really wraps up all my columns over . . .
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July 03, 2007 07:37 AM EDT --
Fresh strawberries remind me of Christmas. “Now hold on a minute,” I hear you saying. “Isn’t this column all about eating seasonally? Unless you’re talking about Christmas . . .
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February 15, 2007 08:52 AM EST --
In the wintertime, eating seasonally means planning ahead. One of the most memorable chapters from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods describes Ma and the girls storing food in . . .
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June 11, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
Almost every farmers’ market has one: a vendor specializing in Asian vegetables. At my farmer’s market (due to reopen, finally, in early July), farmers’ market shoppers approach the vendor’s . . .
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August 21, 2007 09:35 AM EDT --
“It’s a great day for a trip to the Farmers Market!” So read the banner that long graced the entrance to the farmers’ market I most often frequent. Held on Tuesday afternoons at . . .
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December 06, 2007 10:20 AM EST --
Gather round, kids—it’s time for the “Season’s Eatings” story time.
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there was a beautiful young maiden named Persephone. Her . . .
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April 02, 2007 10:24 AM EDT --
Most of my “Season’s Eatings” columns will profile a particular fruit or vegetable. Others, like the recent column on Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, will cover general . . .
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April 23, 2007 08:16 AM EDT --
Around here, spring, when it finally arrives, comes quickly. Last week’s snows water this week’s daffodils. Forsythia’s bare branches erupt without warning into a riot of bright yellow . . .
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May 22, 2007 08:57 PM EDT --
About six years ago, I moved to the Boston area from the Midwest. When people ask me what I miss about my old home now that I live in the big city, it’s not the horizons, the cornfields, or the friendly . . .
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September 11, 2007 10:28 AM EDT --
“I’m president of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.”
--George H. W. Bush, 1990
The first President Bush was certainly not alone in his aversion . . .
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October 31, 2007 02:33 PM EDT --
A beloved holiday tradition at this time of year is the annual viewing of the classic “Peanuts” television special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Linus and Snoopy may wait . . .
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March 19, 2007 10:13 AM EDT --
“The poor duckling, who had crept out of his shell last of all, and looked so ugly, was bitten and pushed and made fun of, not only by the ducks, but by all the poultry. . . . ‘They are . . .
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August 06, 2007 09:21 AM EDT --
“Eat your greens!” We’ve all heard this advice in one form or another, whether from grandparents pushing for a clean plate or from nutritionists advocating the health benefits of dark . . .
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September 26, 2007 10:50 AM EDT --
Certain foods are, for me, so tied up with the seasons that a mere change in the weather can trigger a craving. In the spring, the sight of our first brave crocuses reminds me that asparagus season is . . .
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November 18, 2007 03:25 PM EST --
Root vegetables are perhaps the humblest of produce. Relegated to the back shelves of most supermarkets far away from the flashier fruits and more colorful vegetables, root vegetables are traditionally . . .
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March 01, 2007 12:12 PM EST --
We may have just turned a new page on the calendar, but in much of the snow-covered country, spring still seems very far away indeed. Gardeners have long made a tradition of anticipating the coming growing . . .
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January 30, 2007 03:52 PM EST --
It’s hard to take the poor rutabaga seriously. Just saying the vaguely absurd name aloud is enough to rouse a smile, which may be one reason why Carl Sandburg chose the vegetable for his 1922 collection . . .
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May 07, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
So what are folks supposed to do if they don’t garden (or cook, for that matter) but still want to participate in the movement for local, seasonal eating? Is it possible for the average American, . . .
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July 18, 2007 02:41 PM EDT --
For the most part, this column has been focusing on the produce you might encounter at your local farmers’ markets or community-supported agriculture programs. All but the most die-hard local food . . .
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