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Cook up some garlic scapes and escape the culinary ordinary!
The garlic scapes are up, and we have started picking! They are so good this year, we just want to sing about them! Garlic scapes are the stalks that grow from the bulbs of hardneck garlic plants. Once the scapes … Continue reading
When to Harvest your Garlic
Here’s a good video about when to harvest your garlic. However, we recommend you do not leave the garlic in the field to dry, bring it in and prepare it for drying right away.
Garlic Scapes are on the Menu
It’s scape season and scapes are on the menu at our house! We’re picking scapes like mad and eating them every chance we get. Last night we enjoyed chicken BBQ with cauliflower “rice” made with sweet onions and garlic scapes … Continue reading
Posted in garlic scapes, Gourmet Food with Garlic, In the Garlic, Local Food, Vermont
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Spring is slow to take hold in Vermont
Spring is slow to take hold in Vermont this year, but the garlic doesn’t seem to mind. It’s incredibly green and vibrant. We had almost 100% germination with very little winter kill, so with a little luck and some decent … Continue reading
Posted in In the Garlic, Local Food, Organic Food, Vermont
Tagged garlic, garlic farm, Local Food, spring, Vermont
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Ahhhh…. Green garlic
Just about the time we run out of garlic from last year’s crop it’s time to pick “doubles” (two stems of garlic growing together). One stem is left in the ground and the other goes from “farm to table.” Often … Continue reading
Follow Your Nose – the Foodie Trail in Waterbury Center starts with Garlic
For dedicated Foodies in Vermont, life revolves around the kitchen. The kitchen is the center of cooking and entertaining; local, fresh food is the nucleus of the menu; and of course, garlic is the flavorful foundation of all things savory. … Continue reading
Posted in Local Food
Tagged garlic scapes, Hen of the Wood, Local Food, Michael's On the HIll, Waterbury
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Driven by Flavor in the Green Mountains
Public radio is a great place for garlic lovers. I recently heard a wonderful interview on Krista Tippett’s ‘On Being‘. I just caught a bit of the intro, “Pleasure is his way into the greatest social movement of our time…” … Continue reading
Posted in Local Food
Tagged Best-of-VT, Famous Chefs, Farm-to-Table, gourmet food, Local Food
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Signs of Spring in Central Vermont: Peepers, Green Garlic and CSAs
Signs of spring were hard to come by in Vermont this year. Late snows and cold temperatures muffled our jubilance over the new season. But this afternoon, there are peepers, a sure sign of spring. And the garlic is peeking … Continue reading
Garlic and Irish Food
In the States, and particularly in Vermont, we like to think that we invented everything gourmet. We started the local food movement, we started CSAs, we invented the garlic festival, right? But on the eve of Saint Patrick’s Day we … Continue reading
When it comes to Vermont Produce which is better: Local or Organic?
The local versus organic food debate is not new. In Vermont it heats up to a boiling point almost every harvest season. In winter, when less local produce is available, it seems obvious that organic is the way to go. … Continue reading
Posted in Local Food, Organic Food
Tagged Best-of-VT, dirty dozen, pesticides, produce
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