Join your fellow gardeners at City Farm, on Providence’s South Side, for this magical spring event. Choose from hundreds of varieties of organically grown annuals and perennials, including fruit, vegetable and herb plant starts (roughly 20,000 in all!) while local
Roasted Poblano Corn Chowder
Cold weather like this calls for soup, and we have been meaning to try this particular one ever since I saw it in boxed form at Whole Foods. Keri and I were totally prepared with a freezer stocked full of frozen poblanos and
Spicy Tomato Basil Soup
Tomatoes! We’re getting close to the end of the growing season and the final harvest is coming up quick. Our last couple trips to the garden yielded quite a bit of tomato and peppers and with the cooler weather it
Cream of Asparagus Soup
Another day, another soup. Cream of Asparagus is on the menu. Tonight’s soup is brought to you by a lucky find from Asiana Market in East Providence. Asparagus is usually pretty expensive but Asiana had a ton of it at
Spicy Dal Soup
We’re entering the last week of winter with a blast of cold up here in New England and I’m just about out of my stock soup ingredients. Luckily, I had just enough of the three main ingredients for Mirepoix plus a bit of
Tomato Mirepoix Soup
I’ve been experimenting with some new (to me) cooking techniques lately and discovered “Aromatics.” Aromatics are a mix of vegetables and herbs sautéed in a bit of oil or fat and are used as the base for many dishes. They
Compost Options
A little history: Prior to 2010, everybody fended for themselves regarding soil conditioning & composting options. I remember spending close to $40 in bagged compost & soil conditioners that year; the following year we joined the Grower’s Network with the
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It’s that time of year! The time of year for eatin’, that is! Let’s kick of the spring season with a potluck on Saturday, weather permitting. Please bring serving utensils and if you have any plastic (re-usable) plates or cups
Hungarian Mushroom Soup
Hungarian Mushroom Soup is one of our favorite soups to make. We actually discovered this soup at the East Side Market in Providence a couple years ago and decided we had to make this for ourselves. Our recipe is based
West African Peanut Soup
West African Peanut Soup is something Keri and I have wanted to try for ages. Yesterday we finally got around to making it. It is so good! Here’s the recipe:
Roasted Jalepeno Tomatillo Salsa
We had a ton of tomatillos left over from the summer harvest that were about to go bad and we were both in the mood for a somewhat healthy snack. Chips and salsa time! Keri and I first started making
Portuguese Navy Bean & Kale soup
Keri and I had a huge harvest of kale from our garden last week so I thought I’d try my hand at making this Portuguese Navy Bean and Kale soup. The traditional recipe calls for sausage but since I don’t
Vegetable Soup with Celeriac
Yesterday Keri and I had our usual CSA Farm share pick up and got a couple Celeriac root to try out. Celeriac is a variety of Celery with an edible root as well as the stalk. I think it tastes
Spinach Lentil Soup
*edit: This was the first soup I made in 2010 while Keri was away on her Vippassana retreat in Massachusetts. This is a great hearty soup for a cold winter’s day.