Category: Sides

Savoring Southern Collard Greens
By Categories: Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Leafy Greens, Recipes, Sides

  I keep a mental map with pins that mark favorite restaurants.  The Collegeville, PA deli where I first introduced my husband to Philly-style hoagies.  The ice cream stand by Lake Wallenpaupack that churns the creamiest ice cream this side of heaven.  The tiny Filipino restaurant in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood that bakes soft, savory-sweet empanadas….

Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Maple-Bacon Vinaigrette
By Categories: Featured, Holiday, Recipes, Root Vegetables, Sides

I don’t remember liking sweet potatoes until one year when I was in middle school.  Middle school is all about reinventing yourself, right?  It’s about wearing layers of friendship bracelets, trying on your friends’ glasses to see how you look in them, getting that atrocious haircut you’d hoped would rocket you to popularity.  And so…

Southwest Corn Fritters with Chipotle Honey Makes it Easy to Love Corn
By Categories: Cooking Methods, Featured, Locally Grown, Recipes, Seasonal, Sides, Summer Produce

As the dairy manager of Wholesome Dairy Farms in Yellow House, Berks County, Rebecca Seidel handles most of the food production at the raw milk operation, and having grown up on a farm, knows how to appreciate sweet corn in summery sweeps of gratitude. “Corn goes with everything,” Seidel admits with enthusiasm. She discourages overpowering…