Cheeky youth and their Twitters today: it’s working for them. Last week Flavor received a tweet from an underground restaurant – let’s refer to it as a dinner party hosted by strangers, for legal reasons – that calls itself Chez Le Commis, inviting us to supper that weekend. We accepted and made clear we’d donate [...]
by Sandy Johnson Confession: I have never been a fan of mint. Never liked it with chocolate, or in a julep, or … is there anything else? And its promiscuous growing habits, ugh. I made the rookie mistake of planting mint in the ground, where it threatened to take over the entire garden. So I [...]
By Erin Johnson, Sandy Spring CSA I met Flavor magazine editor, Pam Hess, at the 2011 Slow Food DC awards. I was there to receive a Snail of Approval award for Sandy Spring CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), which I cofounded in 2002. Pam invited me to blog about CSAs to introduce more people to the [...]
By Sylvie Rowand / Photography by Molly McDonald Peterson Inspired by Vietnamese chao soup—clear broth and rice—this soup combines carrots and onion with cilantro and parsley, two herbs that grow well throughout the winter for us, as well as easy-to-find ginger, lime, and fish sauce. I use wheat berries which several farms grow in the [...]
By Sylvie Rowand / Photography by Molly McDonald Peterson This soup is one reason why I can tomatoes in the summer. It’s simple and delicious – absolutely wonderful with a grilled cheese sandwich or a few biscuits hot from the oven. Do not make this soup with winter tomatoes available in supermarkets—they just do not [...]
by Sam Mitchell Around these parts, a healthy mix of policy, politics, and punditry is as much a part of a balanced meal as protein, vegetables, and starch. I hope you’re hungry, because you’re about to get your fill of all three, wrapped up in a colossal–and colossally important–piece of federal legislation known as the [...]
By Sandy Johnson We jumped the gun. The unseasonably warm days in March beckoned us back to our vegetable garden. Giddy with a farmer’s anticipation of the new season, we planted a few cool-weather veggies. Lacking a farmer’s discipline, we were taught a lesson by Mother Nature. Most of the lettuce, barely half an inch [...]
By Erin Johnson, Sandy Spring CSA Cooking and eating at home have many advantages. Kitchen and table time with the kids. Less rushed and more relaxing. You save money and eat healthier. Participating in CSA causes you to get into a new rhythm. Some would say that this is also a way to prepare for the day [...]
By Sylvie Rowand / Photography by Molly McDonald Peterson French (or garden) sorrel is a super hardy perennial potherb with a bright pleasant tartness. It grows in my unheated hoop house through most winters and is one of the first vegetables I harvest outside: it sends bright green leaves up in mid to late March, [...]
We’ve been intending to do this for quite a while — start a blog — something more coherent than our flurry of Facebook posts and Twitter messages, but not as tightly curated as our beloved paper-and-ink magazine. And, like many things at Flavor, we’re getting by with a little help from our friends. Our readers, writers, [...]
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