Most of us don’t think of nuts as a seasonal crop, but they’re a harvested just like most other real foods. And while nuts have a long shelf life, you’ll maximize it by sourcing your nuts directly from the farmers soon after they were collected…
Don’t throw away the tops the next time you buy a bunch of carrots from the farmers market. The carrot tops have a wonderful herbaceous flavor that exemplifies the transition to springtime. If you haven’t tried using them yet, this walnut and carrot top pesto…
As I’ve mentioned before, kohlrabi was one of the first “new-to-me” things I discovered at the farmers market. I had never seen them sold at Safeway, and Whole Foods wasn’t my go-to grocery store (not that I’ve seen kohlrabi there either). If you haven’t tried them before, make this Kohlrabi Apple Salad, and trust me, you’ll be buying kohlrabi again afterward.
