http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green Wed, 16 May 2012 22:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/05/countdown-to-opening-day-green-island-farm-stand-2012/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/05/countdown-to-opening-day-green-island-farm-stand-2012/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:04:57 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3288 I have been secretly harvesting a few greens here and there for a customer in need. But I’m trying not to pilfer too much as I want to be stocked up for opening day—which is, yikes, 10 days away! Next Friday is the start of Memorial Day weekend, and Green Island Farm Stand will be [...]]]> http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/05/countdown-to-opening-day-green-island-farm-stand-2012/feed/ 1 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/05/asparagus-leek-bisque-for-mom-the-gift-of-a-child-for-me/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/05/asparagus-leek-bisque-for-mom-the-gift-of-a-child-for-me/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 18:49:14 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3271 If my mom were here on Martha’s Vineyard with us this Sunday, this is what I would cook for her: Asparagus & Leek Bisque with Crème Fraiche & Tarragon and Classic Maryland Crab Cakes. The silky soup (photo at right, recipe below and coming in The Fresh & Green Table) is delicious, easy to make, and [...]]]> http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/05/asparagus-leek-bisque-for-mom-the-gift-of-a-child-for-me/feed/ 7 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/05/a-poem-and-blueberry-blossoms-for-a-rainy-day/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/05/a-poem-and-blueberry-blossoms-for-a-rainy-day/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 21:47:22 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3254 Looking Out Rain today is grace out my window, here inside a pool of warm soft prayer for a day gained like the gift of a blue hen’s egg in the barn’s new hay; a simple wool sweater cocoon of words and songs and coffee all morning and into afternoon’s breaking clouds, pushed on by a front insistent on sunshine for the sweet, long-shadow close of day. -      SM, April 29 Rifling through a [...]]]> http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/05/a-poem-and-blueberry-blossoms-for-a-rainy-day/feed/ 6 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/04/youve-got-mail-50-baby-chicks-in-a-cardboard-box/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/04/youve-got-mail-50-baby-chicks-in-a-cardboard-box/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:05:54 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3241 Overnight, we’ve gone from 11 live animals to 61 here at the farmette.  The baby chicks arrived at the West Tisbury post office about 9 am yesterday, and I am so very happy to report that they are all still alive this morning! Roy took the call from the post office and drove over to collect [...]]]> http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/04/youve-got-mail-50-baby-chicks-in-a-cardboard-box/feed/ 3 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/04/asparagus-eggs-croissants-in-a-recipe-for-easter-brunch/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/04/asparagus-eggs-croissants-in-a-recipe-for-easter-brunch/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:49:29 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3208 Every year around Easter time (and believe it or not, this is sixburnersue.com’s third Easter), I start writing something about asparagus, even though we’re still weeks away from harvesting any local asparagus. I’ve always reassured myself that at least the vegetable is now in season in California; and after all, that’s where most of the [...]]]> http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/04/asparagus-eggs-croissants-in-a-recipe-for-easter-brunch/feed/ 1 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/03/new-greens-to-grow-and-one-fabulous-bok-choy-recipe-from-the-fresh-green-table/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/03/new-greens-to-grow-and-one-fabulous-bok-choy-recipe-from-the-fresh-green-table/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:09:21 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3191 Promises, promises. A few weeks ago, I said I would give you a peek at some of the recipes in The Fresh & Green Table (coming in June—preorder now!). Last week I said I’d let you know what new greens we’re growing this year. Time for me to keep my promises, don’t you think? Especially [...]]]> http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/03/new-greens-to-grow-and-one-fabulous-bok-choy-recipe-from-the-fresh-green-table/feed/ 8 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/03/project-central-from-pea-trellis-to-eggmobile/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/03/project-central-from-pea-trellis-to-eggmobile/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:10:06 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3180 This is the time of year when I start making Roy really nice dinners. Actually, that’s a lie. There isn’t enough time in the day (despite, or maybe because of, Daylight Savings Time) to make really nice dinners. But still I try to be extra sweet. Because there is much building to do. And no [...]]]> http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/03/project-central-from-pea-trellis-to-eggmobile/feed/ 5 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/02/welcome-to-the-world-little-lamb%e2%80%94r-i-p-little-tiger/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/02/welcome-to-the-world-little-lamb%e2%80%94r-i-p-little-tiger/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:46:09 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3147 My Mom and Dad lost their little dog on Sunday. Tiger may have been a pint-sized poodle but he had the personality of a circus clown and the regal bearing of a prince. I’ve never seen a dog with eyes so black, or one with a step so lively. Tiger was a Type-A doggy, but [...]]]> http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/02/welcome-to-the-world-little-lamb%e2%80%94r-i-p-little-tiger/feed/ 6 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/02/the-last-onion-and-the-teeny-tiny-stir-fry/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/02/the-last-onion-and-the-teeny-tiny-stir-fry/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:27:05 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3134 Roy, Farmer, and I spent an exhausting day off-Island  yesterday, driving around in the truck to assorted malls, stores, and appointments, loading up with supplies for various building projects, for the garden, and for life in general. By last night, coming back on the 6:15 boat, the three of us felt like we’d moved into [...]]]> http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/02/the-last-onion-and-the-teeny-tiny-stir-fry/feed/ 2 http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/02/could-you-have-nest-box-checking-disorder/ http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/index.php/2012/02/could-you-have-nest-box-checking-disorder/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:38:26 +0000 Susie Middleton http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/?p=3104 Anyone who works at home should have a chicken coop. Forget rummaging through the refrigerator, surfing Facebook, or even sneaking a spell on the couch to flip through catalogues (I never do that)—checking the hens’ nesting boxes for eggs is the best procrastinating maneuver ever. I should know. 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