Six of Our Favorite Global Summer Recipes We’ve been cooking in the New South for years – taking top-quality local ingredients and exploring recipes from all over the globe with them. We have an affinity for dishes created by cooks Read on!
Without a Recipe: Okra Originating in Ethiopia, the cultivation of okra spread across Western Africa, and from there to North America, with stops in Brazil, India, and the Caribbean along the way. We know it well fried and on the Read on!
Without a Recipe: Purple Hull Peas More peas, pretty please! Cowpeas (the family that includes black-eyed peas, creamer peas, and purple hull peas) are a Southern staple. Full of fiber, protein, vitamins, and minerals, these legumes offer plenty to love. Read on!
Without a Recipe: Berries Summer’s all about a windfall of berries: black, blue and dew. If you can keep yourself from devouring them by the handful, here are some great ways to enjoy the harvest. Stir fresh or frozen berries Read on!
Tomato Tart with Chevre and Basil When perfect ingredients are at your fingertips, all you really need to do is not mess them up. Inundated with recipes and cooking advice, it’s easy to overdo things. But when ingredients are grown Read on!
Without a Recipe: Eggplant Eggplants come in all shapes and sizes – from the delicate, lavender-and-white striped Rosa Bianca to long, slender bright purple Japanese varieties. You’ll see them in shades of green, white, and a rainbow of purples. All Read on!
Without a Recipe: Cucumbers With their characteristic cool crunch, cucumbers are the perfect summertime treat. Our farmers grew many unusual varieties, including pickling, slicing, heirloom, and cuca-melon varieties. They’re all equally great for salads and snacking, and most make great Read on!
Savory Zucchini-Parmesan Waffles Will it waffle? We’re only now discovering what an important question this is. We love discovering new uses for our kitchen tools—the slow cooker, the pressure cooker, the blender, and the rice cooker have all been the Read on!
Without a Recipe: Asian Greens Asian greens run the gamut from hearty bok choi to leafy Chinese broccoli (gai lan). Most are mildly spicy and take as well to the wok as to the grill. Click here for a handy Read on!