Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include recipes for Eggplant Catalana, Kasha & Kale, Green Beans with Mushroom Madeira sauce, Lemon Basil Potato Salad and Butter Baked Corn.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: September 10th Newsletter

Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include recipes for chunky celery soup, serafino’s sofrito, herb-roasted root vegetables, Genovese style green beans, & flatbread with winter squash.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: September 3rd Newsletter

Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include recipes for cardamom glazed carrots, lemon-zucchini cornmeal cookies, Thai eggplant and basil stir-fry, Elote (Mexican grilled corn), and basil-mint granita.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: August 27th Newsletter

Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include recipes for a Herbed Summer Squash & Potato Torte, Chard & Goat Cheese Pasta, Green Bean Salad, Braised Cippolini Onions, and a Cucumber-Lemon Spritzer.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: August 20th Newsletter

Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include recipes for a Cucumber Lemonade, Chipotle Corn Chowder, Zucchini & Sweet Potato Bread, Zucchini Chips, and Chocolate Chip Zucchini Pecan Muffins.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: August 13th Newsletter

Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include recipes for a Cucumber Granita, Swiss Chard Potato Casserole, Baked Pasta with Zucchini & Mozzarella, & New Potatoes with Butter & Mint.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: July 16th Newsletter

Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include recipes for an easy zucchini relish, Tuscan Kale & White Bean Soup, Italian Pork Chops & Leeks, & how to wash, dry & store all the lettuce we’re getting.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: July 9th Newsletter

Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include for cabbage soup, sauteed peas, zucchini feta pie, and more ideas for what to do with all those Japanese Turnips.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: June 25th Newsletter

Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include more recipes for garlic scapes, red beets, snap peas, and rainbow chard.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: June 25th Newsletter

Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This week I include more recipes for green peas, roasted kale, and this week we get the yummy yummy garlic scapes!!

Download the PDF here or click the images below: June 18th Newsletter

Twitter always brings such great surprises and wonderful connections with cool people. My friend Jaden from www.steamykitchen.com tweeted about a new challenge created by her friend Heather, AKA @flourgrrrl, the “Cooking Away My CSA” challenge. she thought it would be good to share the idea with other food bloggers, to see what we all come up with each week. The idea is that lots of folks who get CSA deliveries scratch their heads wondering what to make each week with their prodigious bounty, sometimes of veggies they’ve never cooked before.

I immediately perked up, since as my readers know, I write the newsletter for my Inwood CSA (powered by Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, NY), and despite being a chef and having a recipe website, I find myself struggling each week to come up with new recipes. It gets especially difficult when we’re in the 5th week straight of rainbow chard and kale!

So each week, those people participating will post what they did with their CSA share and @flourgrrrl will do a roundup of everyone’s posts, thus providing us all with new ideas each week. That said, we got our first delivery of the season this week (yeah, we’re late bloomers here in New York, and our growing season is a little bit shorter than everyone else’s, but our produce is great!) Right off the bat, we’re getting the rainbow chard that seems to be the mainstay of our CSA, so I pulled out one of my favorite ways to cook it:

This is my interpretation of an amazingly simple yet ingenious dish I had at El Portal de Echaurren in Rioja a few years ago. Chef Francis Paniego told me that his mother taught him to always use every bit of the food that comes into his kitchen, so he came up with this. When I got a batch of rainbow chard from the CSA this past week, I thought I would pull it out again, since it never fails to please!

It’s pretty simple, just make a standard tempura batter and fry the ribs, which you would normally throw out! In this case, I served them with a simple arugula pesto, also made with produce from the CSA.

And you know me, I’m never content to simply type up a blog post, with me it’s always about doing an audio podcast or a video, so since I started Chef Mark’s Daily Cooking Tip Podcast a couple months ago, I figured that I’ll try to include as many tips for the CSA as possible. It just so happens I recorded this daily tip last week:

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Here’s this week’s CSA Newsletter, which I write for Hawthorne Valley Farm. They supply my Inwood CSA here in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Riverdale, Bronx CSA. I’m posting these newsletters which I create for my local group here because I’m participating in “Cooking Away my CSA” a group where we all post what we’re doing with our CSA shares to help inspire others to find new ways of cooking up their veggies!

This is the first week of the season for us up here in the Northeast (we get going later than other parts of the country) with some fun recipes for green peas, arugula and Japanese Hakurei turnips.

Download the PDF here or click the images below: June 11th Newsletter