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How to Use Too Many Carrots in the CSA Box

Moroccan Chermoula and Carrot Soup

Something is happening in my vegetable drawer. I swear the carrots have been multiplying during the night. I can’t use them fast enough.

The cause of the carrot explosion is their arrival in every CSA box we’ve received over the past few months. I love carrots, I’m glad they’re in the ...

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Beets & Garlic, A Match Made in Heaven

It’s lucky I love colorful food. There’s been nice big bunches of bright red beets in my last few Full Circle Farm CSA boxes.

The best thing about an abundance of beets is being able to experiment. I’ve already written about my savory Roasted Beet and Thyme Risotto, and just completed ...

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Vancouver Island B.C.: Food and Wine Lovers’ Paradise

Dukkah

For Alaskans tired of the monotonous winter landscape, a quick trip to Vancouver Island, British Columbia provides great relief. It’s vibrantly green, punctuated by spectacular ocean vistas, and easily accessible from Seattle via high-speed ferry.

Several years ago, I took a spring trip to Vancouver Island with my sister. ...

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The Bride Ezo: Tasty Turkish Soup from a Tragic Marriage

 

Ezo, good natured and beautiful, married badly – twice. Her life was so tragic, it became a legend.

Ezo was born in 1909 in the village of Dokuzyol in southeastern Anatolia, now Turkey. The house where Ezo lived was on an ancient caravan route.

Ezo’s family stored their water in a large ...

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Easy Homemade Gravlax: Key Ingredients = Salmon + Time

Slicing Homemade Gravlax

Gravlax, salmon cured in sugar and salt until it is silky smooth, is expensive to buy, but easy to make. Once the fish is filleted, it takes about 10 minutes to put gravlax together. Two or three days later, you’ll have perfectly cured fish.

I make gravlax from sea-caught wild Alaska ...

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Tasty Palestinian Spinach Pies are Vegan and Fasting Friendly

 

My friend Salwa comes from Beit-jala, a small village just outside Bethlehem on the West Bank of the Jordan River. She came with her husband to Alaska, where they’re raising twin sons far from the violence that has disrupted the West Bank for too many years.

Salwa is an excellent cook. ...

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