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This week The Kitchn shares information for how to start a CSA, where to buy locally grown meat, what olive oils to buy for different purposes, and suggests using a roux to make a rich, low-fat pasta dish and repurposing small pots as cute herb planters.
- Petit Coco Herb Pots from Three Potato Four: Grow basil and mint in style with these French-inspired Petit Coco Herb Pots. You could also use real mini-cocotte pots as cute planters to grow fresh herbs.
- How to Start a New CSA: Interview with Paula Lukats of Just Food: Want to get fresh produce delivered to your door? Paula Lukats, the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) in NYC Program Coordinator at Just Food, gives you the steps to forming your own CSA.
- Good Beef: How to Find Local Meat: In light of recent meat recalls, here are some resources to finding locally grown, well-raised, humanely-butchered beef.
- Recipe: Rich No-Cream Wild Mushroom Pasta Sauce: The richness in this dish comes from a creamy sauce made out of roux instead of cream, allowing the flavors of wild mushrooms and wine to predominate.
- Supermarket Saver: How Much to Pay for Olive Oil?: Find out what olive oils to buy depending on how you want to use them.
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2 Comments:
Thanks for highlighting the creamy mushroom sauce. Sounds perfect! Comments on the post were helpful, too.
JEP at 6:19PM on 02/20/08
Glad you found it useful, JEP!
roboppy at 9:10PM on 02/20/08