Local Food Report

Elspeth Hay

A weekly food feature on what’s good, what’s growing and what to do with it.

APM piloted and now produces a weekly feature for WCAI called “The Local Food Report”, with Elspeth Hay. An avid locavore, Hay explores the Cape, Islands and South Coast, visiting farmer’s markets, and growers on their home grounds, to find out what’s good, what’s growing and what to do with it. She ranges outside the vegetable garden, talking with wine producers, cheese makers, beef farmers, and anyone else she comes across who embraces the local food movement. Tips from listeners are always welcome, and online photographs and recipes provide appealing accents to the audio.

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Local Food Report Podcast

Kale rabe: a local spring delicacy

Most cooks have heard of broccoli rabe. But what about other rabe varieties? This week on The Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay talks with growers at the Orleans Farmers’ Market about this spring delicacy from the Brassica family. Read more at Elspeth’s blog.

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Hunting for watercress in the Herring River

Watercress was introduced to North America hundreds of years ago by European settlers. This week on the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay goes foraging for the edible aquatic green in the Herring River in Wellfleet. Read more at Elspeth’s blog.

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Foraging for a green that stings? Nettles in the kitchen

Most people think of stinging nettles as an obnoxious—and painful—weed. But this week on the Local Food Report, Falmouth resident Fiamma Straneo takes Elspeth foraging for stinging nettles and remembers nettle recipes from her childhood in Italy. Read more at Elspeth’s blog.

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