Vegetarian | Gourmandistan

Attack of the giant veg

May 30, 2010 by Steve

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 gigantic greens to the chickens, but Steve became determined to see if we could salvage it—and thanks to the Gourmet Today cookbook, we did. This reasonably simple recipe, which can be found on the Epicurious website, features chopped lettuce, potato, […]

Categories: Cooking, Food, Lettuce, Recipes, Soups & Stews, Vegetarian

Single-serving strawberry tarts

May 28, 2010 by Michelle

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 we had small tart pans stowed somewhere in the kitchen cabinets and so we made up a batch of tart dough from Maury Rubin’s book of tarts and froze six single-serving tart shells, pulling them out as needed and baking. […]

Categories: Cooking, Food, Fruit Desserts, Pies & Tarts, Recipes, Strawberries, Vegetarian

So many strawberries, so little time.

May 16, 2010 by Steve

Trying to eat SOLE (sustainably, organically, locally, ethically) can be trying for Steve, who feels he hasn’t eaten right if he doesn’t get at least one piece of fruit per day. So when the local stuff is in season, we tend to buy in bulk. Now strawberries have appeared everywhere from the Foxhollow Farm store to the Bardstown Road market. (Rhubarb, the tart celery-like stalk that Steve usually grabs as the first “fruit” of the year never appeared at our markets.) […]

Categories: Cooking, Food, Fruit Desserts, Recipes, Strawberries, Vegetarian

Sacrelicious

April 26, 2010 by Michelle

Judy Rodgers’ Zuni Cafe Cookbook is somewhat of a holy text here in Gourmandistan—but, like any bible, it contains mysteries that sometimes test the faithful. A good example is the recipe for “Three Onion Panades: Chard, Sorrel, & Tomato.” Over the years, we’ve used all three varieties of panade to turn an overabundance of farm share greens, tomatoes, stale bread and about-to-go-bad chicken stock into a gooey, cheesy, rich meal. But at the end of this four-page recipe lies an […]

Categories: Breads & Crackers, Cooking, Eggs, Food, Recipes, Sorrel, Vegetarian