We scored a “giant” kohlrabi during our most recent visit to the farmers market in Troy and my wife turned it into our favorite kohlrabi gratin with cream and Gruyere cheese. In addition, she made a fabulous cream soup from broccoli that had been hibernating in the crisper drawer. Toss a fresh salad with bell […]
Excuse me if I sound out of breath but these last two weeks I have been transitioning from a summer food garden to a fall and winter food garden in what used to be our front lawn here in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House. The seedlings that were planted […]
This is high season for greens. The very early varieties–spinach, mizuna, arugula–have faded from the scene. They were already flowering, trying to make seed. Out they go to make room for something else. But now we have lovely beds crammed with mustard greens and collards. I like to braise them in a heavy pot with […]
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