Pesto Gemelli with Roasted Veggies

By recipesJuly 23, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes

This is SUPER delicious and it’s my new obsession. I make pesto all the time but I traditionally put it on penne or with chicken. Lately I have been trying to incorporate more veggies into dishes that I make and LOVE rather than serving them on the side. This was an absolute slam dunk. -Ashley…

Peach Flatbread Pizza with Prosciutto, Mascarpone and Thyme

By rebeccatalbotJuly 16, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Peaches, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce

Some things make going to the gym totally worth it. This peach flatbread pizza is one of them. Last night, I returned to Women’s Workout World after a long hiatus. It was high time to return because over the course of summer vacation, I’d gotten into the habit of eating homemade ice cream and crepes…

KITCHEN COPY:FLAVORFUL FINOCCHIONA

By chucksmithJuly 2, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Photos, Prepared Foods, Recipes, What's New eggs, recipes

On any given day Wolff’s buyer, Lisa McWaters, is in the process of introducing a new product onto the shelves. The process can take anywhere from a day, to several weeks. There is usually a trial period where Wolff’s employees get a chance to preview an item, or help determine whether it should be carried…

Blueberry Pie

By recipesJune 25, 2015April 21, 2023 Berries, Desserts, Featured, Recipes

Showcase fresh blueberries in this quick and simple blueberry pie!

Zucchini Pesto

By recipesJune 18, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Recipes, Summer Produce

This is a great way to add a bit more body (and vegetables!) to your usual pesto. It is very creamy, and has less of a bite due to the garlic being cooked first.

KITCHEN COPY:A HANDSOME PEAR

By chucksmithJune 17, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Pears, Recipes, Sandwiches gruyere, pears, recipes, sandwiches

If you met me ten years ago and we struck up a conversation about favorite foods, I would have proudly admitted that I preferred sandwiches over all else. Especially grilled sandwiches. The same holds true today… I love grilled sandwiches. A grilled cheese sandwich was the first thing I ever cooked. Or rather, it was the first thing I enjoyed cooking. When I…

Pickled Turnips

By recipesJune 11, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Recipes, Root Vegetables

Some of you, we know, LOVE turnips. You love them roasted, or mashed, or made into vegetable fritters, or even raw in your salads. This recipe is for you, of course, but it’s also for the people who see turnips as sort of… so-so vegetables. And it’s especially for those of you who aren’t even…

Cucumber Watermelon Salsa

By recipesJune 3, 2015April 21, 2023 Appetizers, Featured, Recipes, Summer Produce

Crunchy cucumbers—especially when you can get them locally-grown and fresh-picked!—make a great base for a salsa. Here, they are paired with ripe, sweet watermelon for a unique cucumber watermelon salsa that tastes great with grilled seafood!

KITCHEN COPY: SCANDALOUS STRING BEANS

By chucksmithJune 3, 2015April 21, 2023 Appetizers, Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Locally Grown, Photos, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce basil, green beans, local ingredients, locally grown produce, recipes, vegetarian

Whether whores first invented puttanesca is no concern of mine. The sauce is bright, flavorful, pungent, and goes with just about anything you can scrounge together. Including the ubiquitous green bean. Literally translated, alla puttanesca means “in the style of a prostitute.” It is a culinary legend whose origins (like so many inventions) are clouded with speculation. There are various…

Thai Stir Fried Veggies

By recipesMay 28, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes

Everyone makes stir fried veggies of some kind and sprinkles on some soy sauce. Here is a Thai version. The key to success here, as in any stir-frying, is to cook one serving at a time. Too much food in the wok slows cooking time and defeats the purpose of the high heat of the wok….

KITCHEN COPY: A RHUBARB TO REMEMBER

By chucksmithMay 20, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Recipes, Seasonal recipes, rhubarb, soup, vegetarian

The poisonous leaves of the rhubarb plant can cause a variety of symptoms including stomach pain, nausea, and breathing difficulty. The bright red stalk of the rhubarb plant, on the other hand, is totally edible and can cause delight, a sense of wellness, and sometimes (in extreme cases) euphoria. When I was about seven years old, my…

Roasted Beets

By recipesMay 13, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Recipes, Root Vegetables, Sides

Roasting Beets preserves their color, flavor, and nutrition much better than boiling. It also makes peeling them a breeze!

Roasted Veggies & Quinoa

By recipesMay 7, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Recipes, Sides, Summer Produce

This is a very versatile recipe. The veggies and the herbs can be changed to suit your taste, but after a lot of trial and error I find this exact combination to be outstanding! You can use any color quinoa, but I prefer red mainly for the color. This is a great side dish for…

KITCHEN COPY: THE WHOLE EGG

By chucksmithMay 6, 2015April 21, 2023 Appetizers, Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Recipes, Vendors eggs, local ingredients, recipes

For someone who grew up eating uniformly bleach-white supermarket eggs, all natural, free range eggs were a revelation. My wife used to run a farm, and it was there that I first encountered them. It was on that farm where I witnessed firsthand the obvious benefits of allowing laying hens the opportunity to range freely. And it was also on that farm where I first tasted…

Cooking Fresh Greens

By recipesApril 22, 2015November 2, 2017 Cooking Methods, Featured, Leafy Greens, Recipes

Cooking Fresh Greens Fresh hearty greens are an excellent (and delicious!) source of vitamins. Maybe you’ve considered preparing them at home but don’t quite know how best to do that. Here is a SUPER SIMPLE preparation for greens, which can be used for many kinds such as swiss chard, collards, kale, beet greens, mustard greens,…

KITCHEN COPY: CONTEMPTIBLE KIWI

By chucksmithApril 21, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Recipes, Seasonal, Winter Squash acorn squash, gluten-free, kiwi, recipes

At the risk of sounding totally counterculture, I would like to confess that I love tropical fruit. That is, I thoroughly enjoy consuming fruits that have been harvested in tropical regions, packaged, and shipped across the globe. I enjoy these things even while I acknowledge the impact that common farming/distributing practices have on the environment and…

Strawberry Rhubarb Compote

By recipesApril 16, 2015April 21, 2023 Breakfast, Featured, Recipes

Rhubarb is a unique, flavorful (and on its own fairly tart) fruit (or technically speaking, vegetable.) It can be such a delicious treat if prepared properly…and it’s so easy! This is a recipe for compote, which is basically a stew of fresh fruit with sugar. This particular compote is wonderful over ice cream, biscuits, shortcake,…

KITCHEN COPY: C IS FOR CONFIT

By chucksmithApril 8, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Recipes confit, recipes, red cabbage

It could have been the alcohol. But more likely it was just foolish pride… Having paid good money for my culinary education, I wasn’t about to let myself be upstaged by some amateur food enthusiast. Especially not in front of others. Small matter that one of those “others” was my new love interest, and Mr. food…

KITCHEN COPY: EASILY ELEGANT LEEKS

By chucksmithMarch 25, 2015April 21, 2023 Appetizers, Featured, Holiday, Recipes, Root Vegetables, Seasonal beets, Easter, leek recipe, winter produce

Leeks have come a long way in my life since 2001. It’s been an uphill battle for this once neglected ingredient. Unlike onions and garlic, the leek is more intimidating. It seems almost alien when pulled from a grocery bag and placed on a cutting-board at home. I remember a cashier quizzically examining a bunch of…

Pavlova with Strawberries & Mint for St. Patrick’s Day

By rebeccatalbotMarch 12, 2015April 21, 2023 Berries, Desserts, Featured, Recipes dessert, gluten-free

In 2007, my husband and I found ourselves wandering through Boston. We were honeymooning there, and although we had each visited the city before, separately, we didn’t know it well. We wandered between the wharf and Newbury Comics, visited Paul Revere’s Old North Church and hopped the train to Cambridge, and every suppertime we found our way back to…