Savory sweet corn pancake. PHOTO BY PETER GLATZ Savory: (sā’væ-rē)(In the world of cuisine) food belonging to the category that is salty and spicy rather than sweet. [i.e. not sweet] From the Oxford English Dictionary Both of these recipes can be a delicious main course or a part of a larger meal. The sweet corn […]
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Fair or foul farmers markets
Farmer Hans Bishop, co-owner of PrairiErth Farm in Atlanta stands in his flooded field. PHOTO COURTESTY PrairiErth Farm It’s a scene that remains crystal clear from my produce farm (aka truck garden) days. It was a dark and stormy night. Actually, it was stormy that entire summer. Most fields had to be replanted; some more […]
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Chicken, local
PHOTO BY BRANT SANDERLIN/TNS “Hi, Mom! Hey, how much do chicken wings cost at the store? Some guys are coming over tonight to play cards, and I want to make hot wings. I’m going to have to get them at the grocery store, ’cause the farmers market isn’t until Saturday.” It was my son, Robb, calling from Vermont. […]
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Contrast
Niche in St. Louis PHOTO COURTESY www.facebook.com/nichestl In June I ate a multi-course meal at Niche, one of St. Louis’ most highly acclaimed and innovative restaurants. Each course was beautifully presented, some components having been delicately placed with tweezers. Niche and its owner, Gerard Craft, and executive chef, Nate Hereford, are so committed to using […]
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National Farmers Market Week
“This is incredible,” I said to Lindsay Record. Record has long been a driving force in the Illinois Stewardship Alliance (ISA), a primary proponent of local, sustainable farming. I’d called Record after scanning the schedule of local events celebrating National Farmers Market Week, which runs from August 2–8. “Isn’t it great?” Record replied. “More and […]
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Here’s what’s new about new potatoes
PHOTO BY SCOTT BAUER, USDA ARS/WIKIMEDIA.ORG Have you ever eaten new potatoes – potatoes with skins so thin they scrub off easily with a vegetable brush, with flesh so lusciously creamy it’s almost decadent? You might be surprised to learn that potatoes labeled “new” in the supermarket usually aren’t. Real new potatoes should be recently dug […]
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Sauces for summer
Salsa Verde on hot-smoked salmon, berries with Créme Anglaise, Garlic Scape Aioli. Photo BY PETER GLATZ Summer is a time for sauces that are fresh and light and don’t require lots of time standing over a hot stove. (I’m designating BBQ sauce as a separate category.) The first four recipes call only for chopping and […]
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Cold comfort, Spanish style
PHOTO BY JAVIER LASTRAS/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Some call it liquid salad. That’s understandable, but there’s a lot more to gazpacho than a glass of V8, though you might never know it from some of the gazpachos that show up on summer menus all over the world these days: a bowl or glass of cold, seasoned tomato […]
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Fourth of July fried chicken
Fried Chicken. Photo BY METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION The delectable smell of frying chicken got me out of bed early every Fourth of July. Well, that and the M-80 firecracker (made to simulate artillery fire) my mild-mannered grandmother threw outside first thing in the morning. The Fourth was a big deal. My family hosted an annual […]
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Brothers and coconut candy
My mind was on Jamaica when writing last week’s column for reasons that had nothing to do with its most famous dish: my new grandson, Peter. Although Peter was born in the United States, his birth mother is Jamaican. Like his four-year-old brother Robbie, he is adopted and African-American. My daughter/his mother, Anne, and I […]
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Summer lunches for kids, part two
PHOTO BY PETER GLATZ Pizza muffins “There’s never anything to eat in this house!” The above comment was made by all three of my kids at various points, and it never failed to irritate and befuddle me. Nothing to eat? Seriously? We had a pantry full of food, as well as multiple refrigerators and freezers. […]
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Summer lunches for kids
PHOTO BY Beentree/WIKI Recently I was asked if I had any suggestions for kids’ lunches during the summer. It’s not the first time I’ve been asked that question and probably won’t be the last. But without information on things such as childrens’ specific ages and eating habits it’s a tough question to answer; even tougher […]
