Eat locally, seasonally produced food. Buy direct from the farmers and the makers. Grow your own, make your own. Start a farmers' market today.
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Gardening, Recipes on Aug 1st, 2009
CACTUS LOVE
A few weeks ago I went searching for the pitaya, the strawberry cactus, in the Terlingua Ranch area, southeast of Marfa, with a band of modern age friends and the botanist, Patty Manning from nearby Alpine. The pitaya produces truly the most delicious fruit you can imagine. The apricot- sized fruit when ripe tastes [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Gardening, Recipes on Sep 27th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA SEPTEMBER 27
Fragrant Dish of Pickles
“Oh, Hamlet, how camest thou in such a pickle?”
Gardeners Leslie Wilkes and Bob Schwab grow just about everything you can think of in their home garden on the west side of Marfa, but they have a particular passion for peaches and cucumbers. Some years when the late frost [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Recipes on Dec 1st, 2007
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER DEC 1, 2007
CHOPPING AND POUNDING
Continuing the pursuit of simple cooking, I return to Patience Gray’s, Honey From a Weed , for further lessons in the art of the kitchen. One must have three mortars, of course, and three pestles.
The following is an excerpt from the chapter entitled, “Chopping and Pounding.”
“Pounding fragrant [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Recipes on Nov 10th, 2007
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER NOV 10TH 2007
FOUR ESSENTIAL SAUCES FROM ALICE WATERS
Vinaigrette, Salsa Verde, Aioli, and Herb Butter
Cooking simple is easy if you practice using what Waters calls the four essential sauces. “Any one of them can pull a meal together and turn a simple plate of meat and vegetables into a finished dish.” Of [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Recipes on Nov 3rd, 2007
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER NOV. 3, 2007
THE PERFECT ROAST CHICKEN UPSIDE DOWN
I first cooked chicken upside down about ten years ago and have never looked back. Below you will find recipes from two great chefs.
If you are using a frozen chicken, let it thaw in the refrigerator. It usually takes half a day and a [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Recipes on Aug 18th, 2007
FARM STAND MARFA
Newsletter
Saturday, August 18, 2007
A GARDENER’S NOTES: The River Farmer by Sandra Harper
Almost everything about a visit to a farm in Redford, Texas, 16 miles east of Presidio, with a population of fewer than 100 is unique. Jesus Valenzuela, whose family has been here for generations, is farming along the banks of the Rio [...]
