Wild Nettle & Cauliflower Soup
Valley Table Staff
Chef Jerry Crocker / Back Yard Bistro Ingredients 8 cups vegetable stock 1 large head cauliflower 2 to 4 cups nettle leaves 1 head garlic, peeled 6 tablespoons extra virgin
Issue 49, 2010
ISSUE 49: MARCH-MAY 10
Features:
The green ways of Shabazz Jackson. by Tracy Frisch
About the business: Peter Kelly on hospitality. a Valley Table interview
Special section: Hudson Valley Restaurant Week.
Chefs in shape. by David Neilsen
Fabulous farms, food and markets.
Stone barns redux. by Abby Luby
Departments:
Good stuff: Maple sugar party; not eating for hunger; another farm camp; seed library; golf for farms.
March-May 10 Events
By the glass: Label lore. by Steven Kolpan
Deja vu: Not just for breakfast anymore. by Peter Rose
Up close: Marge Randles / The Argyle Cheese Farmer. by Tracy Frisch
Locally grown: Farming under cover: high tunnels, low tunnels and greenhouses. by Keith Stewart
Winter farmers’ markets.
Recipes:
Vegetarian lentil soup (Chef Gaspare Maniscalchi / Leo’s Ristorante)
Buffalo chicken quesadilla (Chef Laura DiGiorno / Valley Restaurant)
Wild nettle and cauliflower soup (Chef Jerry Crocker / Back Yard Bistro)
Pumpkin cornmeal pancakes (Peter Rose)
Stacked flensjes with applesauce (Peter Rose)
“The Best Pancake” (Peter Rose)
This Vegetarian Lentil Soup Recipe Is So Cozy
Valley Table Staff
Make this cozy and comforting vegetarian lentil soup recipe on nights when you want something hearty and healthy for dinner.
Farming Under Cover: High Tunnels, Low Tunnels and Greenhouses
Keith Stewart
IN DECEMBER, JUST BEFORE THE GROUND froze, we started building our second high tunnel. It will be an imposing structure: 96 feet long, 30 feet wide and over 13 feet
Reasons to Come to the Hudson Valley
Janet Crawshaw
YOU’VE HEARD OF GREAT RESTAURANT cities: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. They’ve got nothing on us, except population density (which they can have). We’ve got a whole big,
Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
Peter Rose
IN GREAT BRITAIN, SHROVE TUESDAY, the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is Pancake Day. In the Netherlands, every day can be an occasion to eat pancakes.
