by MVSSTopUser | Jul 13, 2017 | Trending
Using solar power and good old fashioned ingenuity, the founders of Martha’s Vineyard Sea Salt make their salt and then create blends like Lemon Dill, Local Smoked Oak and Naughty. Ali Berlow caught up with them at the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market.
by MVSSTopUser | Jul 6, 2017 | Trending
It was a surprise to discover that shiitake mushrooms are a good source of protein, good enough to replace beef even. And who ever thought of a mushroom as an animal?
by MVSSTopUser | Jun 29, 2017 | Trending
Strawberry season, in my family, is a religious thing. We pick strawberries in late June every year, all together, no matter what. The day starts early with old tee shirts and stained shorts. We slather on sunscreen and my mother always wears her old pink bandana...
by MVSSTopUser | Jun 22, 2017 | Trending
Ali Berlow and Elspeth Hay have been taking stock about why local food is important to them. They’ve talked about local food through a lens of economics, seasonality and now, security .
by MVSSTopUser | Jun 15, 2017 | Trending
Rachel Hutchinson of Brewster has a deep respect for local clams. “The Northern Quahog, or our hardshell clam, is a very important species all over Cape Cod,” Hutchinson says. “It’s been here since Indian times, so it’s kind of one of our level species,...
by MVSSTopUser | Jun 8, 2017 | Trending
Here’s what I know about asparagus: it’s delicious, usually green, and, most importantly for us, my friend Scott Britton grows it in North Falmouth. But his doesn’t look anything like the tidy bundles you find in the supermarket. And it sure doesn’t taste like...
by MVSSTopUser | Jun 1, 2017 | Trending
This time of year at the farmers markets, lettuce is the variety queen. It comes in heads and leaves, reds and greens, crisp hearts and soft butter leaves. Over the past few weeks, I’ve spoken to farmers about growing lettuce, and what varieties they like. Veronica...
by MVSSTopUser | May 25, 2017 | Trending
Claus is a 3 rd grader at the Chilmark School, and he was one of my lunch buddies. We sat together in the school’s makeshift cafeteria, in the community center next to the school. Fresh fish, pollock, was on the menu, and Claus wasn’t all that sure about it.
by MVSSTopUser | May 18, 2017 | Trending
The green crab (Carcinus maenas) arrived on the shores of Massachusetts in the 1800s. It is described as an alien or invasive species, because of its negative impacts on economically valuable shellfish stocks like clams and bay scallops—though there may be culinary...
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