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Vegetarian Recipe Swap

September 28, 2011
By Carol Yelverton
Vegetarian Recipe Swap

With so many truly delicious ways to enjoy seasonal, fresh food, we’re opening Vinetown up for our reader’s recipes. We’re excited to share your great, creative cooking techniques and ideas. We’ll  find – from each other – interesting new ways to prepare the sustainable, vegetarian meals so many of us enjoy~ Please email your recipes...

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Spiced Plum Preserve

September 21, 2011
By Carol Yelverton
Spiced Plum Preserve

With beautiful fruit fresh off the tree, here’s a great way to savor some of its wonderful flavor in the cool months ahead. This recipe comes from amy father’s friends (who prefers not to be named). The yellow Shiro plums in her yard are...

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Grilled Garlic Infused Eggplant

September 18, 2011
By Carol Yelverton
Grilled Garlic Infused Eggplant

Gardens  are bursting with eggplant  these days & Chris Brown just came up with an inventive and delicous way to enjoy them. These are very different from anything you’ve tasted before! Garlic Infused Eggplant Six servings 2 large eggplant 3-4 cloves of garlic 1/4...

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Fresh Produce for Everyone!

September 15, 2011
By Carol Yelverton
Fresh Produce for Everyone!

Accessibility to fresh fruits and vegetables has been a real problem for many people.  Organic and/or local foods have been more expensive, or have been perceived as costing more,...

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The Beet Goes On….

September 13, 2011
By Carol Yelverton
The Beet Goes On….

Fresh beets are a lot of work. My problem is I can’t resist them. I see them at the farmstand and know how intensely beautiful that deep red will...

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Summer Salsa

September 9, 2011
By Carol Yelverton
Summer Salsa

  Gather up this season’s ripe, fresh fruit and toss it into a savory salsa for fish, salads, grilled veggies and chips. This is a beautifully refreshing balance of...

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