The Moosewood Restaurant Table The Moosewood Collective. Griffin, $35 (416p) ISBN 978-1-250-07433-1 The Moosewood Collective’s latest cookbook deserves a place next to the seminal vegetarian Moosewood Cookbook that was published in 1974. Moosewood excels at creating recipes that layer flavor upon flavor. Each chapter is filled with innovative recipes that pull in techniques and ingredients […]
Shelled edamame (fresh soybeans) are available in the frozen food section of many natural foods stores and supermarkets. Whole wheat pasta is especially good in this dish. If you think you’ll be lucky enough to have leftovers for lunch tomorrow, instead of tossing the walnuts into the pasta, sprinkle them on top of each serving. […]
Barley is the perfect grain for a hearty salad because it’s chewy and readily absorbs flavors. It takes about 40 minutes to become tender, so there’s plenty of time to prepare the rest of the ingredients while it cooks. Here we combine the barley with marinated mushrooms, sweet peppers, carrots, and crunchy green beans. Buttery […]
This is the opening line of Christine Muhlke’s April 4, 2017 article in the Food section of the NY Times. “It’s Moosewood’s world. We’re just eating in it.” Consider granola: The word used to be a derogatory term. Now it’s a supermarket category worth nearly $2 billion a year. Kombucha was something your art teacher […]
A light, refreshing, and flavorful salad, the intensity of the Kalamata olives will be more evenly distributed if you take the time to slice them. Hopefully you can find pitted olives at your deli bar or specialty store. A heartier salad can be created by the addition of chickpeas and slices of hard boiled egg. […]
Macaroni and Cheese is so popular now, people of all ages are ordering it as their main dish in restaurants and bistros everywhere. Here’s a version, Italian style, studded with cauliflorets and chopped tomatoes, a rich, yummy sauce and Italian cheeses, with a gratifyingly golden, crusty breadcrumb topping. This is so good it’ll make you […]
A new panel discussion for organizations and individuals interested in learning more about removing the “check box” regarding criminal records. 9:30 – 11:30 am, Friday, March, 10th 2017 Borg Warner Conference Room, Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St. at S. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY FREE AND OPEN TO ALL REGISTER ONLINE at www.hsctc.org/workshops […]
Puttanesca Sauce is zesty tomato sauce with body, accented with capers, Kalamata olives, and red pepper flakes. It’s as saucy and irrepressible as the ladies of the night for whom it is named. Save Print Puttanesca Sauce Recipe type: Sauce Cuisine: Italian Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 45 mins Serves: 7 cups […]
Moosewood Restaurant has added a new grower to their list of local produce suppliers: Ithaca Children’s Garden’s Teen Urban Farmers (TUF)! TUF is providing herbs – primarily basil – to Moosewood, as part of a commitment to source food locally and organically wherever possible. Now Moosewood can add “youth-grown” to the list. TUF has been […]
Ithaca is Number 3 in this list, and there’s a nice mention of Moosewood. If we could just deal with the high cost of housing here, all our people could keep living here in the city, along with students, faculty and staff at the colleges! We have so much going for us; let’s keep our […]