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Recipes and Cooking Tips

In addition to the recipes listed below, check out which farms and local food bloggers CISA staff read for inspiration.

Valley Bounty: Sweet Potatoes

January 5, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Sweet Potatoes, Valley Bounty Recipes

Here we are, in the brave new world of 2019. So far, it probably doesn’t feel that different from 2018 for most of us, except[...]

Valley Bounty: Bacon

January 3, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Pork, Valley Bounty Recipes

I think we can use bacon as an opportunity to examine some of the influences that shape our diets. The popularity of Google searches for[...]

Valley Bounty: Local New Year’s Eve

December 29, 2018 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Valley Bounty Recipes

For many of us, New Year’s Eve is the last in a string of celebrations from late November to early January often referred to simply[...]

Valley Bounty: Cheese

December 22, 2018 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Cheese, Valley Bounty Recipes

People have been making cheese for longer than they have been writing down the things they make. We do not know the exact circumstances of[...]

Valley Bounty: Eggnog

December 8, 2018 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Eggs, Milk, Valley Bounty Recipes

Mentioning eggnog is just as likely to elicit a look of revulsion as it is nostalgia-soaked holiday cheer. Its name, too, is a subject of[...]

Valley Bounty: Collard Greens

December 1, 2018 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Valley Bounty Recipes

We cannot disentangle the foods we eat, and the systems that produce and distribute them, from the histories of how they came to be part[...]

Valley Bounty: Leeks

November 24, 2018 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Leeks, Valley Bounty Recipes

In a philosophical work called Problems, Aristotle asks the odd-seeming question, “Why do leeks contribute to the loudness of the voice (for we find that[...]

Valley Bounty: Turkey

November 17, 2018 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Turkey, Valley Bounty Recipes

If you have ever found yourself responsible for roasting a turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner, you know it is a bit of a strange position[...]

Valley Bounty: Potatoes

November 10, 2018 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Potatoes, Valley Bounty Recipes

We use the expression “meat and potatoes” to describe something basic, uninspired, a bit bland—something that meets the minimum expectations but isn’t worth getting excited[...]

Valley Bounty: Beef Stew

November 3, 2018 Posted in: Beef, Recipes and Cooking Tips, Valley Bounty Recipes

If we define “stew” as “vegetables and protein cooked together in liquid,” which I think is broad but accurate, then stew is one of the[...]

Valley Bounty: Pumpkin

October 27, 2018 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Pumpkin, Valley Bounty Recipes

Canned pumpkin puree, long a staple of New England bakeries and kitchens around the time the leaves start to change, is often not quite as[...]

Valley Bounty: Brussels Sprouts

October 20, 2018 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Brussels Sprouts, Valley Bounty Recipes

In the last decade or so, it seems American food pop-culture has done a complete about-face on Brussels sprouts. It doesn’t seem like that long[...]

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