... ; Stefan's at L.A. Farm restaurant in Santa Monica. Seasonal cooking recommends the "mysterious, elusive and alluring" fruit that is chocolate persimmon, as well as Claremont cucumbers and locally grown New ... quot; fruit, and praises ragu as "fall food as its best: slow cooking that develops deep, harmonic flavors." Imbibers get an excuse ...

Daniel Boulud, in Film and Conversation, on the Importance of Seasonal Cooking Slashfood (blog) In a study conducted last year, 16 percent of “organic” food was laced with the same chemicals used in “nonorganic” produce, while 34 percent of the … Read more here…

Today's harvest consisted mostly of nettles and jerusalem artichokes, so I made nettle and jerusalem artichoke soup. The ingredients were onions + potatoes + artichokes + nettles + seasoning. It was ok - full of healthy goodness but a little bland. My plan for tomorrow is to add more flavour, which I've decided will come from crab apples and perhaps a bit of cinnamon. The resulting ...

Recipe Roundup: Preserving Seasonal Produce by Meeta Khurana from What’s For Lunch, Honey? Photo by ... to make the beginner feel comfortable. Photo by Cooking With Michele Otherwise I hope that this roundup with several recipes from across the food ... at Zwischengang. Photo by What’s for Lunch, Honey? Cooking with Michelle takes her ripe tomatoes from her garden ...

Fresh hops awaiting harvest. As Serious Eaters, you probably use a lot of fresh herbs in your cooking. Dried basil just doesn't have the aromatic sweetness of fresh basil. But have you considered ... recently if they're using wet hops from this year's harvest. But like any fresh seasonal produce, these beers won't be on the shelves forever—you should grab some while you can ...

... over at Beth Fish Reads?  Beth writes: Weekend Cooking is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: ... 278 of The Silver Palate Cookbook, I found a terrific seasonal recipe called Baked Chicken With Cider and Apples. ... make sweet potato pancakes with roasted pecans. Yummy. Do you have some favorite seasonal recipes for this time of the year? I also love to make soups and stews ...