I first tasted milkweed at Ceraldi in Wellfleet—a restaurant known for its focus on hyper local ingredients. Co-owner and chef Michael Ceraldi explains why he likes cooking with Common Milkweed.
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For some local food sectors, the current pandemic has meant an increase in business, for others, a steep decline. But across the board, it means change.
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Asparagus was a big industry in Eastham, MA in the 1920s and 1930s. This week’s piece weaves local voices together from an oral history project, to tell the story of asparagus season during this time.
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For years, Scott Lindell has been interested in a big idea, food from the ocean that could feed the masses. He started with farmed striped bass. Then he moved on to shellfish. These days, he’s researching seaweed.
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Now that it’s getting warmer out, wild edibles are emerging. Voices from around the Cape share what they’re finding—from mushrooms to wild alliums to fresh greens.
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Will Bonsall has been collecting and propagating seeds since he was a young farmer. Today, he has one of the largest collections in the United States.
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Sarah Reynolds North is marking time with bread. She starts each night around 10pm.
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Until a few generations ago in most cultures, food stores got low this time of year. To see us through, Barnstable gardener Dave Scandurra recommends Jerusalem artichokes.
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Twenty-five hundred miles away in California right now, a million acres of almond trees are blooming. And migratory honeybee keepers from all over the country are there with their hives, paid to show up and pollinate.
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Nantucket is one of the most expensive zip codes in the country. The Community Farm Institute, started in 2015 by the non-profit Sustainable Nantucket, has a new program offering land to beginning farmers.
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There’s a flu going around. Hacking coughs, sore throats, noses running faster than the cheeks they crown. In our house we’re fighting it with chicken soup.
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After the Cold War, Cuba was forced to grapple with a series of agricultural crises. In 2014, MDAR Commissioner at the time Greg Watson traveled to Cuba to study the takeaways from this country’s reluctant experiments.
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It’s that time of year again. Seed catalogs are pouring in through the mail, and home gardeners are plotting and planning for the growing season ahead.
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In anticipation of spring planting season, Elspeth talks with longtime apple grower Brent Hemeon of Harwich about his favorite apple tree varieties.
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Elspeth talks with Mashpee Wampanoag Danielle Hill about remembering, encouraging, and cooking with local tree nuts.
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Elspeth learns about a bitter Italian green called puntarelle that grows well on Cape Cod.
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Elspeth talks with kale fanatic and cookbook author Cathy Walthers of West Tisbury on Martha’s Vineyard.
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A beekeeper in Wellfleet is working to breed more resilient queens.
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Around 2006, beekeepers and scientists started talking about something called colony collapse disorder. Ever since, scientists have been trying to figure out why.
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Elspeth talks with her grandmother about a secret family eggnog recipe.
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