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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: Pears

October 1, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Pears, Valley Bounty Recipes

We tend to think of pears as the also-ran fall fruit, the apple’s palatable but less absorbing relative: the Frank Stallone to the apple’s Sly,[...]

Valley Bounty: Eggplant

September 24, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Eggplant, Valley Bounty Recipes

There’s a role that players on baseball teams occasionally fill called a “utility player”, meaning that, unlike most players, they routinely play a variety of[...]

Valley Bounty: Cantaloupe

September 17, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Melons, Valley Bounty Recipes

Local melon season is short and sweet here in the Valley. It seems like almost as soon as local cantaloupe start showing up at farmers’[...]

Valley Bounty: Broccoli

September 10, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Broccoli, Valley Bounty Recipes

When I was little, part of the allure of adulthood was the idea that I’d have the freedom not to have to do things I[...]

Valley Bounty: Fennel

September 3, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Fennel, Valley Bounty Recipes

I don’t blame anyone for wanting to steer clear of fennel: it’s weird looking, and its anise/licorice flavor profile isn’t one many of us are[...]

Valley Bounty: Cucumber

August 27, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Cucumbers, Valley Bounty Recipes

Enter, stage left, the humble cucumber: well-regarded for its starring role as The Pickle, a stalwart supporting character in salads and tzatziki, and lately making[...]

Valley Bounty: Watermelon

August 20, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Melons, Valley Bounty Recipes

Though the dry weather may be making headaches for farmers in the Valley and throughout the state, it might actually have certain benefits for some[...]

Valley Bounty: Tomatoes

August 13, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Tomatoes, Valley Bounty Recipes

For many of you with a home garden, I’m sure the sudden onslaught of tomatoes from now-ish through mid-September, though delicious, can be a little[...]

Willy Crosby has Found His Niche with Shiitake, Oyster, and Lion’s Mane Mushrooms at Fungi Ally in Hadley

August 12, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room, Recipes and Cooking Tips, Mushrooms

The Recorder, August 16, 2016, by Claire Hopley. In summer, River Road in North Hadley looks idyllic. There are farm stands piled with vivid vegetables, verdant[...]

Valley Bounty: Corn

August 6, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Corn, Valley Bounty Recipes

Corn on the cob has a sort of Norman Rockwell quality about it. It’s one of relatively few foods that can capture some of the[...]

Valley Bounty: Kohlrabi

July 30, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Kohlrabi, Valley Bounty Recipes

No, you didn’t get one of the pods from Invasion of the Body Snatchers in your farm share this week. What you’ve got there is[...]

Valley Bounty: Zucchini

July 23, 2016 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Valley Bounty Recipes, Zucchini

I’ll admit to occasionally letting the zucchini in my farm share languish in the refrigerator, tucked in a crisper drawer or a paper bag, forgotten[...]

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