I’m going to be completely honest, before moving to Champaign four years ago and beginning to work on local farms, I had never tried kohlrabi. There, I said it. I had never tried the crazy, Sputnik-looking vegetable that I had seen at farmers market, after farmers market, after farmers market in Chicago. I dismissed it […]
Taidghin O'Brien
Looking to Irish History
Submitted by Taidghin O’Brien on Mon, 03/19/2018 – 10:32am Happy post-St. Patrick’s Day everyone! As a proud Irish-American (I have my family crest tattooed on my back) I just want to take some time to point out some misconceptions about Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day. 1: Four-leaf clovers have nothing to do with St. Patrick. […]
Maybe You Should Just Do It Yourself
Submitted by Taidghin O’Brien on Mon, 12/17/2018 – 1:18pm This week I’m going to keep my food-centric entry brief. I could list all of the fun things I’ve been cooking (lots of soups and soba noodles with various braising greens and bok choi) or what I’m going to be making for New Year’s Day, but […]
Napini, Rapini, and Raab
Submitted by Taidghin O’Brien on Fri, 05/10/2019 – 9:22am It’s that time of year when lots of delicious, over-wintered vegetables start to produce some of their most interesting offerings. It’s also that time of year when it can start to get a little confusing at the farmers market or grocery store with many of these […]
Preservation Tips for the Bounty of the Fall Harvest
Submitted by Taidghin O’Brien on Mon, 10/08/2018 – 11:21am It’s that time of year when everyone seems to be inundated with fresh, local produce. The late summer / early fall harvest just seems to keep on going and going with this continued warm weather. It’s October and it’s 90° outside…I thought central Illinois already had […]
Radish Me This and Radish Me That
Submitted by Taidghin O’Brien on Thu, 05/02/2019 – 1:02pm Radishes are one of those amazing vegetables that seem to come in all shapes and sizes, and they’ve got quite the diversity in flavor profiles, or level of “pepper,” to match. And I LOVE their “pepper.” When I was a kid I would play the “How […]
