We arrived home to Nantucket last week refreshed from our journey up north to the Maine coast. Maine is filled with such natural beauty. I find my spirit drawn to its rustic ways. It's hard granite coastline weathered and worn. Houses sat just in their place, some long abandoned others lovingly … [Read more...]
Life Lately
It feels good to be back posting in this space again. The end of summer here is always a push. With the arrival of September comes a well-deserved deep exhale after the rushed summer months, as is life on a seasonal resort island. We partake fully in the changing of seasons. The fall harvests of … [Read more...]
Recipe: Pickled Raw Beet Carpaccio with Raw Nut Ricotta
We have an abundance of heirloom beets in the garden this month and we love to roast them with potatoes and carrots and also juice them in the mornings with carrot and cucumber. I was inspired to make something new with them and this raw carpaccio preparation did not disappoint. I love the flavor of … [Read more...]
Garden Journal <> July Part I
lavender in bloom So much has been happening in the garden this past month and I have regretfully been neglecting this space as our busy season is in full swing. These garden journal posts are nothing if not simply guides for next year's garden adventure. With July came the explosion of … [Read more...]
Wild Honeysuckle Strawberry Lemonade
Wild honeysuckle strawberry lemonade is a sweet and refreshing summer drink, sweetened with a floral simple syrup made from wild honeysuckle blossoms and juicy red strawberries. Earlier this week Iley and I snuck in an afternoon swim at Steps Beach, which was much needed. On the steps leading … [Read more...]
Harvesting Garlic Scapes
A few nights ago we headed out to our garlic patch to harvest the scapes. If you have never tried garlic scapes you are missing out on some delicious garlicky goodness. The scapes are the flowering stalk of the garlic plant and grow out of the center in long curls. They are wonderful eaten fresh in … [Read more...]
Recipe: Vegan Strawberry Shortcakes with Fresh Coconut Cream
If I had to pick a favorite dessert, albeit a difficult task, it would probably be strawberry shortcake. I always asked for it as my birthday cake as a little girl. There are many variations, some with pound cake, angel food cake, or a genoise. But my favorite and perhaps the most classic is to … [Read more...]
Strawberry Fields
Last week started the season for strawberry picking on the island. Moors End Farm strawberries were ready first so we headed out there in the evening to pick a few quarts with friends. It was a beautiful day and the stroll down to the strawberry field was charming in the evening light. The staff … [Read more...]
Market Days 2014
The Sustainable Nantucket Farmers & Artisans Market began for the 2014 season in early June. Fare Isle will be there every Saturday throughout the summer and early fall selling our edibles and wares. Be sure to stop by from 9am to 1pm on upper Cambridge St. and Union St. (between the Post Office … [Read more...]
Garden Journal <> Spring Comfrey Harvest
Recently we harvested the spring crop of our comfrey plants. Before they were done flowering we cut them back and now they will vigorously grow up again and we will have a second harvest come late summer. Comfrey is one of the important healing medicinal herbs used in our Vital Healing skincare … [Read more...]
Garden Journal <> May
beautiful flowers of the healing comfrey plant. comfrey is a key ingredient in our skincare products. May saw the garden begin to come to life with the return of our perennial herbs, flowers and fruiting bushes and trees. The heirloom radishes were the first vegetable ready for picking come mid … [Read more...]
Recipe: Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Wheat Bran Crumb Top Muffins
Any excuse to eat more rhubarb, I'm there. I just love its complex sour flavor that comes alive with a touch of sweetness added to it. Strawberries and rhubarb go together like, well like strawberries and rhubarb. Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Wheat Bran Crumb Top Muffins Muffins … [Read more...]
Wine Fest
Image sourced from NWF's website We're gearing up for our first local event this season: the annual Nantucket Wine Festival will take place next week from May 14th to 18th. You can find Fare Isle's booth at the Culinary Marketplace under the tent at Children's Beach on Friday May 16th from … [Read more...]
