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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: Local Holiday Party

December 2, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Seasonal Menus: Winter, Valley Bounty Recipes

Welcome to the odd stretch of time between mid-November and early January that we refer to broadly with the euphemism, “The Holidays”. Whatever your personal[...]

Valley Bounty: Delicata Squash

November 25, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Valley Bounty Recipes, Winter Squash

Although delicata squash is considered a winter squash in agricultural and culinary terms, it is actually a variety of the species Cucurbita pepo and is[...]

Valley Bounty: Turkey

November 18, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Turkey, Valley Bounty Recipes

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national symbol of the United States, writing that it was, “though a little vain & silly, a[...]

Valley Bounty: Leeks

November 11, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Leeks, Valley Bounty Recipes

A member of the genus Allium, leeks are closely related to onions and garlic—but unlike those cousins, the commonly eaten part of the leek is[...]

Valley Bounty: Sweet Potato

November 4, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Sweet Potatoes, Valley Bounty Recipes

Sweet potatoes are, technically speaking, not yams. Yams are large starchy tubers in the family Dioscoreaceae and are grown and eaten predominantly in Africa. Sweet[...]

Valley Bounty: Pumpkin

October 28, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Pumpkin, Valley Bounty Recipes

Folklore and fiction are full of pumpkins hovering around the intersection of everyday people and the supernatural: Cinderella’s carriage turns into a pumpkin, the headless[...]

Valley Bounty: Herbal Teas

October 21, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Valley Bounty Recipes

When it comes to first-thing-in-the-morning caffeine intake, I have to admit that I am a staunch member of Team Coffee. For a number of reasons—some[...]

Valley Bounty: Cauliflower

October 14, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Cauliflower, Valley Bounty Recipes

Part of the genus Brassica, cauliflower is a cousin of broccoli, cabbage (cauli is the Latin word for cabbage), Brussels sprouts, and kale. In addition[...]

Valley Bounty: Winter CSAs

October 7, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Seasonal Menus: Winter, Valley Bounty Recipes

For many of us in the Pioneer Valley, the weekly ritual of swinging by the farm to pick up our farm share is a familiar[...]

Valley Bounty: Brussels Sprouts

September 30, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Brussels Sprouts, Valley Bounty Recipes

It seems hard to believe as I’m sitting in my office sweltering, but as far as the calendar and the tilt of the Earth are[...]

Valley Bounty: Plums

September 23, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Plums, Valley Bounty Recipes

William Carlos Williams’s short poem “This Is Just To Say”, which has been written about and analyzed in much more detail than this short column[...]

Valley Bounty: Pears

September 16, 2017 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Pears, Valley Bounty Recipes

Human beings have been eating pears for a very, very long time; scientists have evidence of human beings eating pears as far back as the[...]

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