Grilled coconut lime chicken thighs come off the grill with crispy, caramelized skin and just the right amount of tang, sweetness, and spicy heat. Whether you’re hosting a Labor Day cookout for neighbors or just close family, you can prep these chicken thighs ahead so all you need to do in the moment is fire up the grill! This post was created in partnership with Farmer Focus.
killed lettuce + eating local with a csa
Strengthening local communities through Community Supported Agriculture and a CSA-friendly recipe for a killed lettuce salad with spring chives and radishes. This post is created in partnership with Sub-Zero for its Fresh Food Matters initiative. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
visiting the saunders brothers’ orchard
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The Saunders Brothers’ orchard is tucked right up against the Blue Ridge Mountains in Nelson County, Virginia; even with gray clouds looming, the views are stunning. Brian, the girls, and I visited their farm market and orchard on a rainy Saturday a few weeks back as part of an article for Saveur, tracing Whole Foods Market’s local produce from orchard to store. [Read more…]
Buttermilk Apple Cake
A delicious buttermilk apple cake recipe studded with tender apples and topped with sugar and nutmeg.
roasted apple butter + apple crisp ice cream
At the McCarren Park Greenmarket a few years ago, I overheard a woman getting an earful over the phone for suggesting a purchase of non-organic apple cider for a child’s party. She tried to speak up for the local orchard selling cider right there in the market, but this was in the middle of the great apple juice arsenic scare of 2011 and so she lost that battle.
Which is too bad, because the orchard in question was a low-spray orchard that takes a thoughtful approach to integrated pest management. Whatever organic juice the woman bought instead was likely trucked from the other side of the country or even farther away, which has an environmental impact just like pesticides do. And though it may have been organic, it still may not have been as responsibly grown as the cider she was forced to pass up. [Read more…]