On My Plate: Chicken I rarely bother to read chicken recipes, let alone follow them. However, I recently followed a chicken breast recipe, with excellent results.
On My Plate: Tomatoes I usually toss the farmers market tomatoes in my shopping bag and lose track of the grower and variety. Last Saturday, I selected five varieties of tomatoes and carefully placed them in individual bags with the name of the grower and variety.
On My Plate: Zucchini "I was told that once folks in this small town recognize your car is left unlocked, surplus zucchini would be placed in it this time of year."
On My Plate: Eggplant "Every time I’ve written about crispy fried eggplant or eggplant parmesan, my cooking recommendations have changed."
On My Plate: Peaches "The online arbiter of everything (AI, of course) defines the color peach as 'a light, warm color that blends pink and orange.'"
On My Plate: Water "Around 22 million pounds of plastic end up in the Great Lakes annually, according to Rochester Institute of Technology scientists Matthew Hoffman and Eric Hittinger."
On My Plate: Sweet corn "Corn dominates the rural landscape surrounding Oxford this time of year, but sweet corn for direct human consumption comprises only around 1% of it, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture."