Monthly Archives: October 2010

CSA Week 20 — The Final Delivery

Photo by Donna (click the photo to go to her posts)

So this is it, a gloomy fall day, and smallish haul (summer's bounty fading, sigh), with a lot of green plum tomatoes, not even very good green plum tomatoes.  Anyone have a good pickling recipe for them!? Think I may try a curry flavored pickle.  Would fry them but have been having too much fun frying the sweet potatoes—so much better than russets! Parsley, kale, lettuces, beets, some nice crisp apples, onions, scallions, delicious watermelon. So what's the final verdict on this summer's CSA experience?  Ours?  The product over all was good.  I think the value was acceptable, and worth it for the quality and for our desire to encourage and support the farmers who help us get good food for our families. There is only one negative, ...

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Nutrition Impacts Climate Change

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Adding Flour to Your Photos for Texture

©photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

I didn't have a photo of the Chipotle-Corn Ciabatta without flour, so I'll use these photos of Michael's Multi-Grain Bread to show how a little dusting of flour can add texture, and in this case, contrast to a photo as well. Because the bread's color is similar to the board, the white of the flour also helps to separate the two and also contrasts more with the dark lines of the rack. Happy shooting!

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Chipotle-Corn Ciabatta

Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman (for more, click photo to go to her blog)

Do we need a recipe for Chipotle-Corn Ciabatta?  I'm in the process of developing bread recipes, all kinds, working with sourdough, whole grain, the powerfully flavored rye, but I began with some basic flavored breads. This is one of my favorites because I am crazy for chipotles, and am devoted to corn, which goes great with chipotles.  Cilantro on top of that?  Good for color but optional if cilantro tastes like soap to you but I love it. This is just the basic 5:3 bread ratio with flavors I love.  (For more on basic bread ratio, or any of my ratios, you can of course read this book.)  But really, you can flavor it any way you want to.  I like ...

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French Cuisine Dead?

Examine two viewpoints on the current and future state of French cuisine, via The Independent, UK.

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