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Farmbox Ingredients: * Beets * Mixed color carrots * Hardneck garlic * Pea shoots Listening to: * Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion * Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run * Mission of Burma – Signals, Calls and Marches All these root vegetables and nowhere to go but to the braised shortribs. Mario Batali’s shortribs from his Babbo cookbook......read more
If you've never tried sunchokes, you have no reason to feel bad. Despite their sweet, nutty flavor and unusual texture (somewhere between a water chestnut and a potato), not to mention the fact that the species of sunflower grows extensively throughout much of the U.S., sunchokes really don't get much shine in culinary culture. So we're psyched to have come across this sunchoke soup......read more
Age-old DIY printmaking meets animation in this charming short by Siri Melchior of Trunk studio, who made and scanned thousands of potato prints to use as textures for the animation. In the film, a little bird flies around his colofrul town, meeting a variety of animals and people. The problem? He can't whistle. Everywhere he goes, everyone can whistle properly except for him. But fear not! He......read more
With Old Man Winter peering creepily from around the corner, we're on the hunt for hearty, healthy dishes that provide a lot of leftovers and allow us to hunker down for days. NYT food reporter Melissa Clark heeds our call with her interpretation of ajiaco, a Colombian chicken and beef stew/soup that's great for dinner parties and even better for a family meal. Check out the recipe......read more
Are we all in agreement that roasted vegetables are far superior to steamed ones? Good. This Caramelized Cauliflower Soup from top-dog food blog Sprouted Kitchen eschews steamed cauliflower in favour of a roasting process that turns the florets' edges a beautiful golden-brown. The soup's a surefire lunch hit for a cool winter's day. Here's the SK recipe: CARAMELIZED CAULIFLOWER......read more
Plain as it may be, this Cauliflower Soup surprises with its sweet and silky smoothness. Created by Paul Bertolli, the co-author of Chez Panisse Cooking with food activist and chef Alice Waters, the simple soup is the perfect antidote to a winter that won't go away. Slideshow recipe here. (via Wilder Quarterly) Photo: James Ransom...read more
If there is any better autumnal comfort food than grilled cheese and tomato soup, we have yet to find it. Now, fantastic NYC food blog Smitten Kitchen has taken a classic comfort meal to the next level, by combining the cheese with the soup in one fell swoop. Read on for Smitten Kitchen's mindblowing-looking Roasted Tomato Soup with Broiled Cheddar. Roasted Tomato Soup with Broiled......read more
Patagonia's nascent range of food products, dubbed Patagonia Provisions, has a new offering in the form of Tsampa Soup, an organic veggie soup mix inspired by Yvon Chouinard's travels in Nepal. There, nearly 35 years ago, he was introduced to tsampa, a simple roasted grain staple that provides high-altitude fuel for Sherpa climbers on their Himalayan ascents. With organic Tsampa Soup, Patagonia......read more
Cruelty-free silk (i.e. all silkworms had already packed up for new adventures). Natural vegetable dyes are used in the manufacturing of the silk so that the fabric remains 100% organic and eco friendly. Measures 12" x 21" and includes duck-feather down pillow insert....read more
In our neverending quest to find the best food blogs out there, we recently came across Green Kitchen Stories, on which a Stockholm couple dish out day-to-day food stories along with vegetarian recipes using all organic ingredients. The recipes are always healthy and simple, and the photography is always stunning. Pretty much what we're looking for. With the days shortening and the nights......read more
