Category Archives: Gourmet Food with Garlic

Cook up some garlic scapes and escape the culinary ordinary!

Posted on June 17, 2016 by garlic

The garlic scapes are up, and we have started picking! They are so good this year, we just want to sing about them! Garlic scapes are the stalks that grow from the bulbs of hardneck garlic plants. Once the scapes … Continue reading →

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Garlic Scapes are on the Menu

Posted on June 19, 2015 by garlic

It’s scape season and scapes are on the menu at our house! We’re picking scapes like mad and eating them every chance we get. Last night we enjoyed chicken BBQ with cauliflower “rice” made with sweet onions and garlic scapes … Continue reading →

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Ahhhh…. Green garlic

Posted on May 28, 2014 by garlic

Just about the time we run out of garlic from last year’s crop it’s time to pick “doubles” (two stems of garlic growing together).  One stem is left in the ground and the other goes from “farm to table.” Often … Continue reading →

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Nothing says Happy Thanksgiving like the smell of Garlic in the kitchen

Posted on November 10, 2011 by garlic

To celebrate the season and the turkeys rooting around the fields at the garlic farm, we thought we’d look into favorite garlic-infused holiday recipes. Turkey of course is the most popular dish, but we also looked at some vegetarian options … Continue reading →

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What to do with too much zucchini? Add Garlic, of course

Posted on August 4, 2011 by garlic

Garlic can add interest to any vegetable – even zucchini. On the eve of National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Night (yes it is a real national holiday, ask any Vermont gardener), it is appropriate that we celebrate … Continue reading →

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Trout Season Opens in Vermont: Make a Wish and Chop the Garlic

Posted on April 21, 2011 by garlic

To many in Vermont, the opening of trout season is a rite of spring. And for some anglers, fly fishing is the quintessence of the sport. For them “sport” is not quite the right word, “passion” and “obsession” come closer … Continue reading →

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How did Italian food conquer the world? Garlic! One Clove at a Time

Posted on March 31, 2011 by garlic

The April Fools Day forecast for Vermont and the Northeast is for snow. Heavy, wet snow: 8 inch accumulation and 30-degree temperatures. It might not be pretty. So like many of my fellow Vermonters, I’ll be seeking solace in food. … Continue reading →

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Vermont Maple History and the Union of Maple and Garlic

Posted on March 25, 2011 by garlic

As winter clings to Vermont (temperatures only in the 20s and 30s this week), Vermonters revel in a little sweet tradition: maple sugaring. Sugar shacks across the state are ablaze with wood-fired boilers reducing sap to Vermont maple syrup (the … Continue reading →

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