Locavore

Pies are always the main event, never a side dish- they represent some effort of the home cook, a domestic triumph, maybe a loving gesture

it is so serendipitous that you are almost required to bake something rhubarby. Not really, of course- you must never let a veg box newsletter boss you around- but if you want to bake something rhubarby, then this is the time to do it. 

I think part of it must just be the aesthetics of the squash: large, round, knobbly, kind of jovial-looking. Sometimes bright orange, sometimes blue-grey, sometimes green, each variety is so different and so pleasing in its difference

And now we’re in the time of plenty, when we’re running to keep up with all the beautiful bountiful veg they’re harvesting on our growing sites. 

some herb-focused lunch box ideas that might embody all the freshness of the new school year, but without all the work

Is there anything more universally loved than fried vegetables?