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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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Escape to Culinary Bliss: Garlic Scapes on the menu
We are harvesting the garlic scapes! It wasn’t too long ago that food-lovers and even chefs wondered, “What are scapes?” Today they ask, “Where can I get more?” Scape season is short and sweet. Like lilacs, these culinary delights last … Continue reading
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Tagged Best-of-VT, garlic recipes, garlic scapes, harvest, Vermont
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How did Italian food conquer the world? Garlic! One Clove at a Time
The April Fools Day forecast for Vermont and the Northeast is for snow. Heavy, wet snow: 8 inch accumulation and 30-degree temperatures. It might not be pretty. So like many of my fellow Vermonters, I’ll be seeking solace in food. … Continue reading
Posted in Gourmet Food with Garlic
Tagged Best-of-VT, Famous Chefs, Italian food, pasta, snow, Terry Gross, Vermont
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Cold and Flu season in Vermont: time to learn more about the healing properties of garlic
The cure for the common cold eludes us, the influenza virus mutates from West Nile to Bird Flu to H1N1, and still we seek solace and comfort in the promise of garlic. For as long as home remedies have existed, … Continue reading
Posted in Garlic and Health
Tagged allicin, Best-of-VT, colds, flu, inlfluenza, powers of garlic, Vermont
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Garlic Christmas in Vermont
Garlic is not always associated with Christmas, but here in Vermont we do not relegate the regal tuber to Halloween and protection from evil spirits. In fact garlic’s role in our daily lives in winter is even more prevalent that … Continue reading
Posted in In the Garlic
Tagged Best-of-VT, Christmas, evil spirits, garlic cures, Garlic Zoom, Halloween, Vermont
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Vermont localvore in Winter: Garlic makes everything better
In season, eating locally in Vermont is a beautiful thing. The bounty of organic local food at harvest time is unparalleled in New England. But winter poses some different culinary challenges (most of them accentuated by garlic of course): winter … Continue reading
Posted in Local Food
Tagged Best-of-VT, CSAs, garlic recipes, Local Food, Localvore, Vermont
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