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The season to set down new roots
ONCE A YEAR THERE IS AN opportunity to plant almost anything — with success nearly guaranteed. In much of the country this occurs in spring. Here it happens about mid-October because nourishing rains come in fall, winter and early spring. If your...Tags: Hobbies, Wildflowers, Cabbage, Canterbury, Gardening
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When beans meet greens, it's an easy balancing act of flavors, textures, colors.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBENEATH a thatch of wilted dandelion greens, the Christmas lima beans spill out, earthy and enticing, their pretty speckled markings still faintly visible after a few hours in the pot. This is the brilliant architecture of a taco so tasty that it might...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Greens, Lima (Peru), Mustard Greens, Salads
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Eggplant stuffed with kale and walnuts
Total time: 50 minutes, plus 1 hour resting time Servings: 4 4 Chinese eggplants 1 tablespoon kosher salt 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 shallots, minced 4 cups chopped black kale (lacinto) shallots, minced 2...Tags: Walnuts, Kosher Salt, Shallots, Salt, Garlic
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Shortcut to fabulous
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterStart with sweet Dungeness crab folded into a salad with crisp apples and bitter greens and all of it bound with a lovely lightly curry-flavored mayonnaise. Then serve little game hens brushed with orange butter and stuffed with kale and walnuts before...Tags: Mayonnaise, Walnuts, Cranberries, Thanksgiving, Pecans
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Recipe: Cranberry bean, lacinato kale and pasta soup
Total time: 2 hours
Servings: 8 to 10
Note: Lacinato kale, also called cavalo nero or black kale, is available from Whole Foods and some farmers markets; cranberry beans (also called borlotti beans) are widely available.
1/4 cup olive oil plus 2 1/2...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Kosher Salt, Cranberries, Parsley, Cheese Corn
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Recipe: Spalla di maiale (pork chops with Tuscan kale)
Dario Cecchini, the Tuscan meat-cutter who may just be the most famous butcher in the world, came to Los Angeles this year to visit friends. What does a meat man do on vacation? Cook meat, of course. While the story was focused around his phenomenal...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Steaks, Pork Chops, Salt, Fennel
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The harmony of greens, in a key most verdant
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterUNLIKE the greens of summer -- crisp and sudden and cool to the touch -- the greens that accompany a Thanksgiving dinner are about duration. These are of a darker spectrum, the bitter greens and patient vegetables that have been built to last, through...Tags: Pies and Tarts, Lima (Peru), Holidays, Turkey, Green Beans
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Recipe: Braised kale
Total time: About 50 minutes Servings: 8 Note: This recipe works well with regular (curly) kale, Lacinato (dinosaur) kale or Tuscan kale. 4 bunches kale 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 6 cloves garlic, minced Coarse sea salt Hot pepper...Tags: Salt, Truffle Oil, Garlic
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Chat with California Cook columnist Russ Parsons
Times Staff Writer2007-07-19 13:02:20.0 Administrator2: Hi and welcome to the chat! Feel free to submit your questions for Russ Parsons! 2007-07-19 13:03:00.0 Peaches: I can't cook 2007-07-19 13:03:02.0 Peaches: I need something quick and easy to fix for a late supper...Tags: Restaurants, Recipes, Zucchini, Seafood, Sports
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October: It's prime planting season, so get those annuals, vegetables and Mediterranean shrubs in the ground
Fall usually doesn't arrive for gardeners until the middle of October at the earliest. And most residents can remember plenty of toasty Halloweens, thanks to hot Santa Ana winds. Less stress From mid-October to the end of January is our big planting...Tags: Cabbage, Canterbury
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Just chillin' with parsnips and kale
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPeaking Parsnips: Why is it that people go crazy for carrots but ignore parsnips? They're among the sweetest of the root vegetables, particularly after they've gone through the first frost. With the first deep chill, enzymes in the root begin converting...Tags: Farms, Family, Parsnips
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Pensive deviled eggs? Irate gazpacho?
Special to The TimesHugo Liu says he hates recipes; the whole concept seems hopelessly antiquated to a guy who starts cooking by sniffing spices and thinking. Yet he has invented a revolutionary way of developing them. He has no formal background in food or drink, only a...Tags: Olives, Recipes, Foie Gras, Language, Greenbrier
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