Monthly Archives: May 2010
Pea meets pie. Gourmandistan falls in love.
First too-good-to-be-true thing: a large bag of in-shell English peas from the Norton Commons farmers market. Second too-good-to-be-true thing: a recipe for Fresh Green Pea Pie from Camille Glenn’s The Heritage of Southern Cooking, combining the fresh peas with a … Continue reading
Attack of the giant veg
This week’s Foxhollow Farm share arrived with a very large leaf lettuce plant. While Pavel, our farmer, assured Michelle that it was “still tasty,” even notoriously low-standard-when-it-comes-to-greens Steve thought the lettuce too leathery for salad. Michelle voted to send the … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Food, Recipes, Vegetarian
A delicious frosting of “delay and divert.”
Gourmandistan has nothing against salt—we use it liberally on and in all kinds of things, and enjoy a nice salt crust on a steak or roasted chicken. What we don’t like is big business hiding it—especially when also hiding how … Continue reading
Single-serving strawberry tarts
Michelle was craving strawberry pie. But the problem is that fruit pies, especially strawberry pies, last for only a short time before becoming mushy and unappetizing and we didn’t want to waste any of our precious fruit. Steve remembered that … Continue reading
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Who’s ready for a Dale Earnhart, Jr. Cheeseburger?
FTA: “100 million people … find sustenance every day from 7 million vending machines. … [W]e rarely notice it or consider that the food inside vending machines has been made by humans, and that those people believe that vending machine … Continue reading
God bless our local farmers
Just like last year, we’re participating in two farm shares. Our friends Raphe & Teresa are no longer sharing their bounty with us, having found that increasing their wedding flower business far outweighed the pleasures of driving to Louisville to hear Steve … Continue reading
