Archive for May 14th, 2008

farfalle with parmesan and wild garlic butter, and roasted tomatoes

Wild garlic can be foraged for in the countryside in Spring and early summer.  Pick the youngest tender green leaves, avoiding any that are going yellow or are damaged or browned.
Wild garlic benefits from softening slightly in butter or olive oil then being added to all sorts of dishes.  The smell is quite pungently delicious [...]

Foraging for wild garlic

In winter our morning walk to school is not my favourite thing and I generally try and convince Dakota that a less eco-friendly door – to – door chauffeur approach is warranted. But in spring and summer we park in the neighboring village and walk across the fields. This morning it feels like [...]