For our premiere issue of Salt of the Earth, I sat down with Gary and Katy Rupert of Three Meadows Farm in Somerset County, New Jersey. I found out what goes into maintaining their mostly organic and self-sustaining farm.
I also learned why asparagus and walnut trees do not play nice, why Jersey tomatoes rule, and what might have been living in Dr. Seuss’ chicken coop. Enjoy.
The five-dollar shake. In 1994 this may have seemed ludicrous, even in the alternate universe that was Pulp Fiction. Now—15 years later—Quentin Tarantino has created another masterpiece with Inglourious Basterds, and the five-dollar shake is not only reality, it is creating single file human masses rivaled only by Space Mountain.
Foodiggity likes its chicken spicy… Fortunately, Sriracha abides. Of course everyone has their own taste regarding heat, so this becomes a great opportunity to work the senses and test out our free thinking approach to cooking.
Asian cuisine—especially Thai—is about finding balance, so we have compiled a list of ingredients that will complement each of the taste zones and find your appropriate heat level through experimentation.
