Photography by Anna Heritage
I have always loved radishes and their earthy, peppery flavor. So cool, so crisp and so refreshing in a ginormous spring salad (the only kind I like). Really, I have a weakness for any root vegetable but this week I am putting the focus on the so often overlooked radish. I am sure the future will allow for more talk of my other favorite and rooterrific veggies.
Like a some kind of dessert Santa, he appeared out of nowhere with a bucket filled with flowers, cut crystal vases and big bag of tricks. He went about his work and left in a flash. I’ll never forget the beauty of those fuchsia colored flowers he left behind or the speed in which he did the arranging.
If you think back to the best pie you’ve ever had, with the flakiest crust, there’s a good possibility the crust was made from leaf lard. Leaf lard is the highest grade of lard and is obtained from the fat deposit around the kidneys and inside the loin of a pig.