Tag Archives: Basics

Homemade Cheese (Video)

By Alexa | Published: September 1, 2009
Homemade cheese might sound like a ridiculously scary undertaking, but it’s actually so easy that not only did I make it, but I made it while making a video about making it.  I’ve been using this super-simple recipe from Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘World Vegetarian’ for a few years now, and it never fails. The resulting cheese [...]
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Summer Squashorama–5 ways to use zucchini

By Alexa | Published: August 30, 2009
Golden Earthworm farm harvested hundreds of pounds summer squash last week, and we scored ten in our CSA box Tuesday night.   Summer squash is in peak season all around the US right now, so there’s a good chance you’ve been seeing it in your local farmer’s markets and CSA boxes.  We got a serious lesson [...]
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Invest a little time, make a lot of dough

By Matthew | Published: August 21, 2009
Making bread and pizza at home is all about planning. Once you’ve got the timing right, it requires very little active work.  I hadn’t made bread at home in over a month since we had been out of town, and well ya know,  summer… but when I saw artisanal multigrain loaves in the store selling [...]
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Sustainable Flying

By Alexa | Published: August 4, 2009
We’re off to my brother’s wedding (here we come, Cali!). We fly out this morning, so the dilemma was–what to do with last night’s box of veggies? Pack an airplane picnic of course! Veggies like this travel well, and we’ll save tons of money by not being forced to buy meals on the airplane. Add [...]
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Polenta with Summer Squash and Semi-Poached Egg

By Alexa | Published: July 23, 2009
Inspired by a wonderful mid-summer dinner at ici in Ft. Green, Brooklyn, and the contents of this week’s CSA box, I decided to make a polenta/summer squash dish. Polenta is a quick-cooking and versatile pantry staple. Polenta works great as a base for fish or veggies, and in this case I topped it with a [...]
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