Food

To blanch and freeze summer vegetables, cut them evenly, drop them into vigorously boiling water for the time listed for that vegetable, then plunge them straight into ice water to stop the cooking before freezing them airtight. The whole job takes maybe 30 minutes for a couple of pounds of produce. I do this every … Read more

To tell if produce is in season, judge it by how it smells, looks and feels in your hand, not by the label. In-season produce has real aroma, deep even color, a firm but not rubbery texture, fresh stems, and a lower cost per pound than the same item in the dead of winter. That … Read more