Saturday, October 25, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Thanksgiving Turkeys

Since returning from vacation, I’ve been focusing a lot of my kitchen time on stocking up for winter – roasting, pureeing and freezing squash and sugar pumpkins, harvesting the last of my patio-grown jalapeƱos and drying them in a dehydrator for a powdered spice, and I even “put up” some pickled beets and blackberry jam before I left for Hawaii. All in all, necessary, but not very exciting “post-worthy” stuff. I’ve got some ideas in the hopper and I promise I’ll be back to posting recipes soon.

In the mean time, if you’re in the Chicagoland area looking for a Butterball alternative, check out this link from Slow Food Chicago. These farmers have turkeys, ham, geese, ducks, goats, and lamb available for Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are conscientious stewards of land and animals, and are committed to sustainable and humane livestock production.

Many of the turkeys can be picked up at farmers market locations in Oak Park, Evanston or the Green City Winter Market in Lincoln Park. You can also arrange delivery or pick up directly from the farms.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

2008 | box no. 18 | contents

Click on an ingredient and link to a past 24 Boxes post using that vegetable.

salad greens
Lettuce
cooking greens

Swiss Chard, Red Russian Kale
alliums

Garlic

fruiting crops
Butternut Squash, Popcorn, Eggplants
herbs
Cilantro
roots
Potatoes, Celeriac, Carrots, Daikon Radish
brassicas
Broccoli, Cabbage

Week 18 newsletter

Saturday, October 11, 2008