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Josh’s foraging fowls

April 12, 2021

“Come on, girls,” Josh Koehn says tenderly as he coaxes his flock of heritage breed hens across a vast expanse of green pasture at the base of the Chiricahua Mountains. A son of farmers, Josh has been raising hens in Willcox since the age of 10, when he began caring for the family flock. “I’ve… Read more »

How to Use Fennel

Ah, fennel. Some can’t get enough of this licorice-scented vegetable, while others loath it. Fennel is one of the specialty items we get from both Crooked Sky Farms and Sleeping Frog Farms in the spring and it can be truly delightful when it’s prepared well. When you get home with your fennel, tame the unruly… Read more »

Everlasting Chicken

One of my favorite things to do on a Sunday is to roast a chicken, and then see how many meals I can get out of it over the week. Using a quality, locally raised bird is pricey, but you’ll make sure not to waste a bit of it, and the taste is markedly better.… Read more »

Book Review: An Everlasting Meal By Tamar Adler

This is unquestionably the era of the foodie. Surrounded by talk of “cronuts” or molecular gastronomy, it’s easy to get swept away and spend your entire budget on truffle butter and grass-fed rib eyes. But Tamar Adler tells us that we can eat like kings without spending a fortune. As a young editor at Harper’s,… Read more »