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Fiddlehead Ferns – The Taste of the Wild

FIDDLEHEADS Today’s Lesson:  Fiddlehead ferns are one of spring’s most fleeting wild foods, appearing for only a short window before the tightly curled shoots unfurl into full fern fronds. Today we will prepare them in… 

MOREL MUSHROOMS THE TREASURE OF THE SPRING FOREST

      MOREL MUSHROOMS TODAY’S LESSON: Morel mushrooms are among the most prized and expensive wild mushrooms. They grow only during cool, damp spring weather—making this the perfect time to enjoy them. Today, we’ll… 

Spring Sprouts the Glory of Asparagus

  TODAY’S LESSON: Savor the fresh flavor of asparagus! The season’s well under way and will, in fact, be over before we know it. The earliest arrivals of the crop that show up in our… 

Cocoa & Coffee Crusted Beef Filet

ULTIMATE HOLIDAY BEEF  FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The holiday feast each year often revolves around beef.  Although roast beast is a tradition, this year we will go for the most tender quick cooking cut, the tenderloin… 

Holiday Yellow & Red Beet Salad

EARTHEN TREASURES FOOD FOR THOUGHT: As the weather starts to turn a little cooler, underground the beet family is ready to enjoy.  Beets are usually considered boring but today we will turn them into an… 

Thanksgiving Best Dessert Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake

FOOR FOR THOUGHT: Pumpkin Pie may be the American traditional Thanksgiving dessert but everyone really would rather have this Pumpkin-Caramel Cheesecake. There is something about a fabulous cheesecake that even your fussy relatives that won’t… 

Asparagus Is the Perfect Spring Risotto

THE FIRST ASPARAGUS OF THE YEAR TODAY’S LESSON:  Asparagus is one of the first vegetable crops to stick its head out of the cold winter ground and be swept off to market.  The asparagus crop we enjoy… 

Artichokes The Crown of Spring

TODAY’S LESSON:   The warm spring days and cool, foggy nights are the perfect weather to bring the artichoke crop to its harvest.  What better way to celebrate the arrival of spring than with an easy…