Creamy farro risotto (aka farrotto) with all the best spring things like ramps, young garlic, chives, and roasted asparagus.
broiled oysters with ramp butter
A recipe for broiled oysters with ramp butter that celebrates the flavors of spring. This post is in partnership with Sub-Zero. Thanks for supporting the companies we believe in. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
one-pot pasta primavera
An incredibly simple and delicious recipe for one-pot pasta primavera, made with asparagus, ramps, and chives. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
ramp and spinach caesar salad with poached eggs
Spring ingredients sing in this spinach Caesar salad made with a ramp-infused Caesar dressing, thick-cut croutons, and perfectly poached farm-fresh eggs. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
grilled trout + roasted turnips with ramps + grilled pineapple
Grilled fish is one of the purest pleasures of summer. The immediacy of it all –– fresh and simple –– makes for the very best kind of eating.
High on my personal list of skills I’d like to learn is fishing. I used to fish with my dad all the time, but one day in the peak adolescent years, sticking the hook through the minnows’ mouths was too much for me and I swore off eating any animals for 13 years. Now that I’m back to more omnivorous ways, the ability to catch my own supper is something I’d really like to reclaim. The dream of fishing goes hand in hand with my desire to become some kind of backwoods canoeing badass, but I think the canoe thing will have to wait until next summer. For this one, I’ll be perfectly content with trout straight from a Virginia stream. [Read more…]