The Joy of Farm-Fresh Cooking
July 3, 2009
Sara Lipka is an intern for The Farm At Sunnyside and has been contributing to The Atlantic Food Channel on a regular basis about her experience. Previously, Sara was a reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education, in Washington, D.C.
Food cravings don’t usually involve escarole. At least mine never used to. But so many vegetables springing up all over the place can get in your head. On the way back from a dusky run last week, I had a single thought: escarole. We’d been harvesting dozens of heads of the bitter chicory green, with its stiff, ruffled leaves, and I’d tried them both raw and stuffed with ground lamb. My favorite dish came recommended by a customer at the farmers market, who said he lightly wilted the leaves in olive oil, then drizzled them with honey. Wow….
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