The Enthusiastic Consumption of Vegetables

Dec 10th, 2010

You will never guess what’s been going on around here. No one could have seen it coming.  I scarcely believe it myself. But it’s true. At about 6:00 every evening it happens . . . the enthusiastic consumption of vegetables. I kid you not.  Broccoli is being tossed back willy-nilly.  Peppers and cucumbers and chard [...]

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Pretty please with chard on top

Feb 23rd, 2009

Rainbow chard is the prima donna of the produce aisle. Just take a look at this princess of a vegetable– You should see its colors pop against the other dull greens stacked in the produce aisle.  Here, in the middle of February, when everything else seems shades of tan, the chard looks exotic.  It’s no [...]

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In defense of (not eating) food

Dec 10th, 2008

This is Kira’s plea against eating turkey.  She can offer up a defense for not eating just about anything.  She says she wants to be a vegetarian.  What she means is that she wants to be a pasta-candy-dessert-atarian.  Not that I blame her.  I too am partial to a diet that leans heavily on the [...]

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Strike Two, Cauliflower’s Outta Here

Oct 27th, 2008

Ok, Ok, I’ll give cauliflower another chance. Geez, I had no idea the cauliflower lobby had so many activists. You guys really love the stuff.  Apparently you’ll go to the ends of the garden to make some converts (or at least leave me a comment…thanks!) Our final CSA delivery featured this royalty of the cauliflower [...]

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