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Everybody Loves Alliums
From your email, please click on the title to view the photos and comment online. On the Website, you can read past blogs, search for recipes, and browse. Onions. They’ve been part of the human diet for 7,000 years,…
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Swweeeeet! Fall Vegetables
From your email, please click on the title to view the photos and comment online. On the Website, you can read past blogs, search for recipes, and browse. Some time in the next few weeks, we can expect to…
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Take Care of Your Base with Aromatics
You can’t build a good house or any other structure without first installing a strong foundation. The same is true of many food recipes, from simple soups to elaborate casseroles, stir-fries, curries, braises, and sauces. As we all know, those…
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Going Green
Welcome to prime vegetable season. The earliest entrants have already appeared in local farmstands: the first fiddleheads and spring onions, then peas. There is a whole assortment of greens to be had, all fresh, crisp, colorful, and delicious. Of course,…
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Eating Spring Greens from the Woods
It’s not just crocus and daffodils poking through the ground. Early spring vegetables are soon to be here. Already at some of the local farm stands, you’ll see early greens: lettuces, kale, and spinach, but also broccolini, asparagus, and spring…
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A Treasured Family- and Food-Centered Journal
You can learn a lot about a person by their relationship with food. I think I know a lot about Wilma Joyce “Billie” Simmons, the mother of my friend Tom Stites. I’ve never met her, but I had the privilege…
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Onions Casey
Classic sherried onions recipe by Billie Simmons Stites named in honor of her son's mentor Donald D. "Casey" Jones.
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Cowboy Beans
A great side for outdoor grilling
