Winter CSA Challenge: Cranberry Bean & Spinach Soup and Beet Herring Salad
13 Nov 2014

Winter CSA Challenge: Cranberry Bean & Spinach Soup and Beet Herring Salad

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What do you do with one whole week’s CSA share for a single meal? My friend Wen-Jay, who runs Local Roots CSA, decided to put me to this challenge to help kick off the winter CSA season. I was up for the challenge, but had another to contend with: what do you do with a big batch of food when you live alone and have no other mouths to feed? I eventually determined it would be a soup, and salad—preferably … Read More

Beet, Egg & Potato Salad with Pickled Fennel and Capers
21 Mar 2012

Beet, Egg & Potato Salad with Pickled Fennel and Capers

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I love the combination of earthiness, creaminess and pungency in a European herring salad, where the pickled fish is tossed with chopped potatoes, hard-boiled eggs and beets. This combination, sometimes including chopped apples, is enjoyed in Scandinavia, Russia and Northern Germany — essentially, wherever the ground is frozen much of the time. Well, the ground hasn’t been frozen for a while in New York, but we’ve still got rations of winter’s potatoes and beets before spring vegetables enter the scene. … Read More