One of my new veggies is the illusive green garlic. I had my first experience with it last spring, and have been waiting all year for its return. It only exsists for a short period of time each year (and that time has passed in CA, but has not yet arrived on the east coast)
I am hoping I’ll be back in New England in time for harvest! The green garlic, although occasionally, and more frequently grown as its own crop, is the immature garlic shoot that is pulled out of the ground when thinning the crop. It is like a garlicy leek- the best combo ever!
Keep your eyes peeled for it, and give it a try!
Pic c/o random Flickr person who will get credit if they ever even realize this picture is being used
The Story of Miz Emily
Told by VBar
Miz Emily, crow extraordinaire, hails originally from Connecticut and moved to Boston for college in 2004. She and Vbar met their first semester freshman year at Northeastern University and bonded immediately over their love of fresh food, the middle east and the likelihood that they will never get decently paying jobs. In the proceeding years, Emily lived first in the Mission Hill area of Boston before moving out to Jamaica Plain to roost. In the summer of 2008 Emily migrated west to San Francisco she still lives with her man Billy. Emily loves global travel and has spent time backpacking around Europe as well as in Turkey and Brazil.
Emily’s cooking style can be described as clean, natural and adventurous. Never one to back down from a challenge, can-not-do is not a phrase in her pantry. A master of substitutions, she rarely follows a recipe exactly, often with deliciously innovative results. Always one to be inspired by her surroundings, she enjoys shopping for new and inexpensive ingredients in farmers markets and ethnocentric neighborhoods, in particular Chinatown. Emily’s meals are strongly tied to the seasons particularly since she is lucky enough to have access to fresh California produce. Emily’s strong caw and yummy mowables make her a truly upstanding west-coast representative for the Crows.
http://crowsinthekitchen.com
Maybe we could grow some in the windowsill?
Totally could be grown in the windowstill!