Links: In the Garden/In the Kitchen

In The Garden:
How to turn a pallet into a garden. Neat idea, especially for small spaces.

An idea I will be trying! EngineeredGarden shows how to use upside down tomato cages to prop up squash.

In The Kitchen:
Truly easy homemade cheese.

Apple dumplings that look delicious and chic.

Need to defrost meat you have sitting in your freezer? Try a hot water bath.

Chilled Double Chocolate Torte - the no-bake version, sounds perfect for hot summer days.

Leek toasts with blue cheese from the goddess at Smitten Kitchen.

Yum. Falafel & Tzatziki.

Tasty Links: Growing Tomatoes

How to plant tomatoes from seed.
Starting tomatoes from seed.
Should you prune out tomato suckers?
Tomato companion plants
Who knew you should plant tomato plants on their side?
Some good tips on transplanting plants grown from seed.
Martha Stewart's How to make a cold frame. Want to build one of these this year.

Links

Imcooked.com is a video community site for sharing recipes.

Watch Waz and Lenny cook at Crash Test Kitchen.

Christopher Walken Cooks

Blueberries

ApartmentTherapy has a nice spotlight on blueberries. Yum!

Tasty Link: 060807

The Butcher Block is a blog about meat.

Boston Area Farmer's Markets

Thankfully there's Russos for the winter months, but I have to say I'm rather disappointed that the Farmer's markets in my city don't open until after the 4th of July. The other frustrating bit about it is that their hours are not at all accommodating for those who work the 9-5 grind. I guess we aren't worthy of fresh, locally grown produce or something. *smirk* Neighboring cities like Waltham have their farmer's market open mid-June (16th) - and note: it's on a Saturday so everyone can go.

Working downtown the options go up and many of the markets seem to start a bit earlier (in May). Copley Square has had its market open now for a couple weeks, which is handy if you work in the area.

The Federation of Massachusetts Farmers Markets lists some locations and other important info - days and times - for the markets they manage.

Brookline has a farmer's market at the Centre Street Parking Lot that runs every Thursday from 1:30pm until dark from June 14 – Oct 25, 2007.

This one is apparently by South Station in Dewey Square. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11:30 am to 6:30 pm between May 21 - Nov 8.

Another great resource for finding farmer's markets is LocalHarvest.org, which also has lots of other handy info on farms and pick-your-own and other good foodie stuff.

And then there's the Mass Dept of Agriculture with another list of farmer's markets by county.

Tasty Links: 060207

Fried Baby Artichokes! Oh that prickly green tasty treat! It's funny that when I moved to the East coast from the West coast, it seemed most people I met had never tried one before, or didn't even know what one was. Thankfully they are plentiful and easy to find now. Downside is that they have traveled rather long distances by the time they get to the supermarkets here that they aren't always worthwhile. When shopping for your 'chokes, make sure you look for tight heads and check the cut end of the stem - you don't want it to be too brown and dried out.

Ginger Carrot muffins sound delicious. I'd love to try these with a Cream Cheese Frosting. Ooooh yes. :)

Baking911 seems to be an interesting site that might be handy down the road for, well, baking.

Fried apples sound fantastic. A wedding possibility? hmmm. Sounds like Maple Roast Chicken would be good too.

Tasty Links: 053107

Coconut Bread - sounds so good. Wonder if you could make it into french toast. ;)

Menu planning at MightyGirl. I love her idea of "need to eat now" list on the fridge. We could use that idea. Maybe I will design something up. More food planning here too.

(All above links swiped from notmartha)

Tasty Links: 05.26.07a

These Seoritas look sweet and are loaded with brown sugar and almonds. Drool!

Or how about German Chocolate Cake from David Lebovitz. Hu-huh!

Jamie Oliver's Bloomin' Brilliant Brownies. Naughty!

Cheats Roast Pepper & Halloumi Tortilla - goes in my tummy!

Cheesy Crustless Quiche looks great. I've been thinking of doing something like this for dinner one night. Oooh! Caramelized Onion Quiche or a Rustic Onion Tart also sound delicious and worth trying.

White Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe from 101 Cookbooks also looks yum. Love that she used potato as a topping. Carb overload!

At the end of this post on Kosher salt at The Perfect Pantry, there's a recipe for Moroccan Eggplant Salad one of my favorite Moroccan salad dishes. I will have to try this!

Tasty Links: 05.26.07

The Bacon Show - features one new bacon recipe per day, every day, forever. Dave, this one's for you! Next time I think we need to try to tackle 3 pounds of bacon. :)

Make at Home Girl Scout Inspired Cookies! Caramel Delights, aka Samoas. And the ever popular Thin Mints.

If Girl Scout Cookies aren't your thing, what about Smitten Kitchen's Homemade Oreo Cookies? They look a bit more like a Whoopie Pies. I have a recipe for that from the mother of one of my friend's from high school. I should post it. Maybe soon. :)

Hankering for something exotic? Posie Get's Cozy has a yummers looking recipe for Tikka Masala. Mmm!

Warm Chickpea Salad with Shallots and Red Wine Vinaigrette from Orangette.

Everybody Likes Sandwiches (yes we do!) has a vegan recipe for Bannock quick bread. Looks so easy!

Good stuff around the web

Southwest Chicken Salad with Chipotle Ranch Dressing @ Kalyn's Kitchen- looks divine!

Kalyn's Kitchen is also the home of Weekend Herb Blogging which looks like fun.

Recipe for Ras Al Hanout! Essential to Moroccan cooking. I am registering for a tangine...

Yum! Moroccan Chicken with Kumquats and Prunes. Le sigh. Is it lunch time yet?

For Alex: Apple and Brie Pancakes. Hah!

Carrot and Hazelnut Muffins - oh...my...goodness!

Food and Wine Wiki

Food and Wine Magazine have launched a wiki on their site where people can share and recommend their favorite places to eat, drink and be merry. Nice :)

Food throughout history

Food Timeline provides a nice overview of when people started eating what. Kinda cool.

Feed Me Bubbe!

I love this - Feed Me Bubbe is a series of videos set to document a grandmother's recipe for posterity. I wish my Bubbe was around because I would have liked to do something similar. Bonus - you get a Yiddish word of the day/episode. It's brilliant.

More links

Fresh Ginger Cake looks divine!

Vidalias Au Gratin - mmmm.

For the coffee lover: Coffee Pots

Tasty stuff

Gorgeous herby breads feature spring herbs between sheets of phyllo dough, then rolled the dough into breadstick shapes and baked.

Meatcakes! - What a fabulous idea! Meatloaf shaped into cake frosted with mashed potatoes. Brilliant! Also check out the Meatcake Gallery.

This looks delish! Leek and Potato Galette - heaven!

Onion Eggs - a funky way to dye Easter eggs.

More linky goodness

101 Cookbooks looks to be a very interesting site.

Food Porn Watch - Oh my gawd! Did you have plans for today? Not any more. This site lists ooooooodles and oooooodles of foodie blogs. Crikey! (also there is a Knitting Porn Watch!)

The Kitchen@Apartment Therapy has cool stuff to check out.

Grocery Lists found lists and a thing you can download that sorta precreates a list for you.

The Doomestic Goddess has a nice assortment of recipes on her site.

The Cooking Diva Blog also has some good looking recieps too.

Cook Sister writes about cooking from South Africa.

The Passionate Cook has loads of good links, pretty images, good info and more.

Sites to check out for food blogging

Wow. This foodie blog makes me wish I could speak/read French better - Station Gourmande

Test Kitchen at Food Network has a blog. I had no idea.