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3 Salads for a Beach Picnic

By Alexa | Published: August 23, 2010
A few months ago we had a revelation: There was a beach…IN QUEENS! Jacob Riis Park is due south of us, and (without traffic) only 30 minutes away. Needless to say with the heatwaves this summer we’ve been spending many-a-weekend there. We always pack our own food, since the concessions there aren’t that hot. This [...]
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A Frittata and Latke, United at Last!

By Alexa | Published: December 28, 2009
With Winter here in full force, you’d think that that fresh vegetables from a local NY farm would be something we’d have to live without for a few months.  Well Golden Earthworm doesn’t think so, and they’re continuing to deliver CSA shares full of fresh vegetables from their farm all Winter long! Last week we [...]
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4 Dishes for an Autumn Brunch

By Alexa | Published: November 23, 2009
Inspiration comes easy when you get the kinds of vegetables that were in this week’s box from Golden Earthworm’s CSA.  We put together a beautiful and simple brunch to highlight the fresh flavors, (and unexpected colors) of this season’s root vegetables. Sliced Watermelon Radish Salad: This was my first time working with watermelon radishes, and [...]
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Nicoisesque Salad

By Alexa | Published: July 30, 2009
Another week, another stellar CSA box from Golden Earthworm. As soon as I heard that we would be getting potatoes, green beans and lettuce, a “Nicoise” lightbulb went off in my head. Traditional Nicoise salads have tuna, potatoes, green beans, hard boiled eggs and anchovies. But I like to make mine with sardines, and we [...]
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Hearty Harvest Salad

By Alexa | Published: June 9, 2009
Tonight we picked up our second CSA box. To see what we received, click HERE. One of the items in the box was the most perfect head of red romaine lettuce that I had ever seen, and I knew that I wanted to build a delicious salad around it. A salad can be bulked up [...]
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