Category Archives: Recipes

Spring Chickens

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Ann Lovejoy
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When Smarter Means Better My favorite local grocery store features Smart Chickens, organically grown, uncaged birds that have been fed a balanced, nutritious diet and allowed to roam freely. Unlike most commercially grown chickens, these are plump without being watery … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Spring Tenderness

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Ann Lovejoy
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Amazing Asparagus When it’s still too cold and wet to plant much in mid-April, the wise gardener finds comfort in the kitchen. Among spring’s great gifts is fresh, local asparagus, not airlifted in from gigantic water sucking agribusinesses in Peru … Continue reading →

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Spring Rhubarb Recipes

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Ann Lovejoy
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Reveling In Rhubarb Sorbet Even in a cold year like this, by early April the garden is waking up and stretching. Herbs abound, greens are coming on fast, and asparagus is finally big enough to pick. Finding the year’s first … Continue reading →

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Winter Harvest

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Ann Lovejoy
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Frost-Nipped Kale and Cabbage After our usual Northwestern mix of freezing and milder days, with heavy rains and wild winds, it is delightful to find much of my kale and cabbage still edible. In fact, a touch of frost leaves … Continue reading →

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