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salads

It’s About the Green Beans, Stupid!

by Susie Middleton on July 27, 2010

For all the complaining I did about green beans as a child, I can’t believe I’m growing (and eating) more of them these days than practically any other vegetable. My green bean complaints started early. First, my mom seemed stuck on serving those frozen, stringy “frenched” beans about five times a week, no matter what [...]

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Here at Lettuce Central, We Love Our Vinaigrette

by Susie Middleton on June 8, 2010

As if it weren’t bad enough to live with 400 seedlings in our tiny apartment all winter, now we have a LPU (lettuce processing unit) in the kitchen. This is not an official piece of equipment, but rather a collection of big stainless steel bowls, salad spinners, dish towels, and assorted plastic bags, trays, and [...]

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I realize that this is Memorial Day weekend, not Fourth of July, so I may be jumping the gun a little by posting a potato salad recipe. But it’s been such a warm spring, and it’s looking like it will be a hot weekend all over the country, so I figured folks might be thinking [...]

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Baby, It’s Arugula Time

by Susie Middleton on May 20, 2010

When I see those plastic boxes of “baby arugula” at the grocery store, I sometimes run the other way. You never know what’s in them—could be something really tasteless (pretty common) or even overly tough and bitter. Just because the leaves are small does not mean they are going to taste good. After all, this [...]

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Stalking Wild Watercress for Salads & Sautés

by Susie Middleton on April 13, 2010

Sneaking around is so much fun. Like heisting those leeks a few weeks ago, we had the best time on Friday clandestinely gathering wild watercress from a fresh-water stream deep in the woods. Scissors in hand, we scurried down a path of pine needles, all the while looking over our shoulders, hoping no one would [...]

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More Delicious Ways to Cook Fingerling Potatoes

by Susie Middleton on February 5, 2010

A while back I posted my favorite way to cook fingerling potatoes–the stovetop braise–and a yummy sample recipe, Braised Fingerlings with Crispy Sage and Tender Garlic. But the reality is, thanks to my CSA at Whippoorwill Farm here on Martha’s Vineyard, I was swamped with fingerling potatoes last summer and fall, so happily, I have a [...]

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