Fresh Food NatioN Simple, Seasonal Recipes from America’s Farmers Martha holmberg Martha holmberg Fresh Food NatioN Simple, Seasonal Recipes from America’s Farmers Fresh Food NatioN Simple, Seasonal Recipes from America’s Farmers Martha holmberg t Martha holmberg Text © 2013 by The Taunton Press, Inc. Photographs © 2013 by Kathryn Barnard All rights reserved. Pp The Taunton Press, Inc. 63 South Main Street PO Box 5506, Newtown, CT 06470-5506 e-mail: [email protected] Editor: CarolyN MaNdaraNo Copy Editor: Valerie CiMiNo indExEr: heidi Blough dEsign & Layout: Carol siNger | NotiCe desigN photographEr: KathryN BarNard Food and prop styList: Callie Meyer  The following names/manufacturers appearing in Fresh Food Nation are trademarks: Barilla®, Bob’s Red Mill®, King Arthur®, Mae Ploy®, Old Style®, Pabst Blue Ribbon®, Thai Kitchen®, Tinkyada® LIBRARy Of CONgReSS CATALOgINg-IN-PuBLICATION DATA IN PROgReSS e-BOOK ISBN # 978-1-62113-784-9 PRINTeD IN The uNITeD STATeS Of AMeRICA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To farmers everywhere, who do such important work and who get to participate in the miracle of tiny seeds becoming delicious food. If I’ve learned one thing from this project, it’s that it takes masses of people to run a farm—from the farm family to the field workers, washers, and packers; people with great handwriting to create the adorable chalkboards listing “Today’s Produce”; the CSA members and farmer’s market customers who commit to buying the wonderful food and who frequently volunteer to work at the farm itself; to the whole community, which benefits from the preservation of farmland, whether in the rural countryside or in a green oasis in the city. And so it was with this book. Masses of friends and colleagues helped me by recommending farms in their regions. In particular, thanks to hugh Acheson, Brigid Callinan of Idaho State university College of Technology Culinary Arts, Piper Davis, Meredith Deeds, Rebekah Denn, Naomi Duguid, Laura ford, Dabney gough, Kathy gunst, Sarah hart, David Joachim, Janet Keeler, Amanda Levin, Susie Middleton, Jan Newberry, Susan Puckett, Catherine Ryan, Amelia Saltsman, Molly Stevens, Andrea Weigl, Dawn Woodward, the people at various edible Communities and Slow food chapters, and, of course, localharvest.org. I’m so sorry if I’m leaving someone out! Special thanks to Ashley gartland and Caroline ford for their great support in the kitchen and beyond, and to awesome new intern TaMara edens. And, of course, huge thanks to Carolyn Mandarano, Alison Wilkes, Carol Singer, and my other good friends at my “alma mater,” The Taunton Press. And gratitude, along with big hugs, to the photo team of Kathryn Barnard and Callie Meyer for their gorgeous photography and for introducing me to the best prop store ever. Contents eatiNg with the harVest 2 Starters & Salads 20 Soups 66 Pasta & Grains 88 Mains 114 Sides 172 Desserts 210 MetriC equiValeNts 240 CoNtriButiNg FarMs 241 reCipe iNdex 243 iNdex 245