Mock Artichoke Soup

All the ingredients for this soup were home-grown (well, except the black pepper!).  The potatoes are just now ready to dig, and the pairing of the fresh potatoes and the patty pan squash give this soup an unusual flavor of artichoke! Benning’s Green Tint is an heirloom variety of patty pan squash that has been…

POTAGE CRÉCY: Carrot Soup

  I got into a whirl this spring, and didn’t thin the carrots until it was too late.  They are gnarly-looking, but turned out very sweet.  Three different kinds were grown out in a sort of carrot experiment: Oxheart carrots, Chatenay Red Core, and an interesting red carrot that I intend to save seeds from…