The Dogma Box includes produce sourced as close to Boston as possible. Similar to a CSA, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms.
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
Stay warm and enjoy these local winter offerings.
It’s almost March! We’ve got delicious green veggies for the boxes including chard, kale, broccoli, and hot house cucumbers. Delicious and versatile rutabaga will make its way into several boxes along with Russet potatoes from Nature’s Circle Farm. Gold Nugget mandarins are here, and specialty citrus add-ons continue with Meyer lemons, blood oranges, and honey tangerines. Plus, we’re announcing the debut of Night Shift Brewing’s Cape Codder Weisse, a sour beer aged on our organic cranberries. Check out the newsletter!
Happy President’s Day! We’re getting closer to spring, and we’re happy to say we are still bringing in the local goods this time of year. This week brings flavorful celeriac (celery root), the epic ugly duckling of the culinary world. We also have carrots, kohlrabi, sunchokes, turnips coming in, with broccoli, kale, and green leaf lettuce to brighten up the boxes. Specialty citrus add-ons continue, and we have a new batch of flavorful tomato puree from Atlas Farm! Check out the newsletter!
Winter is the season for sweet, juicy citrus from the sunnier states. Luckily for us, we’re able to bring some of that sunshine to our boxes and help brighten up the cold Northeast weather with an abundance of organic citrus fruits. Any given week your box could have a selection of oranges, lemons or grapefruit for you to enjoy.
As bold and flavorful as they are, citrus fruits do have a sensitive side. Citrus can be stored at room temperature and out of direct sunlight for up to a week, but when exposed to heated or damp areas, they tend to break down more quickly. So how do you keep them fresh longer?
Here are some tips to help your citrus stay fresh and delicious.
- Keep citrus fruits in the crisping drawer of your refrigerator. This will keep fruit fresh for well over a week.
- When storing citrus in the fridge, avoid using a plastic bag because droplets of moisture can get trapped and promote mold growth.
- Be sure to take the fruit out of the refrigerator 15-20 minutes before eating to allow the fruit to warm up. Allowing the fruit to reach room temperature will make the juice sweeter and the skin easier to peel.
- If storing out of the fridge, keep ripe fruits and unripe fruits separated. This will keep the unripe fruit from ripening too quickly.
Orange you glad you know now?! Enjoy!
The Dogma Box includes produce sourced as close to Boston as possible. Similar to a CSA, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms.
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
- Sunchokes- Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
- Empire Apples – Dwight Miller Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
- Red Cabbage – Red Fire Farm (Granby, MA)
- Carrots – Red Fire Farm (Granby, MA)
- Celeriac – Red Fire Farm (Granby, MA)
- Kohlrabi – Red Fire Farm (Granby, MA)
- Turnips – Red Fire Farm (Granby, MA)
- Onions – Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
- Parsnips – Winter Moon Farm (Hadley, MA)
- Rainbow Potatoes – Misty Meadows Farm (Grand Isle, ME)
Stay warm and enjoy these local winter offerings.
We hope you all made it through storm Nemo without too many problems! We’ve got plenty of goodies to help you warm up your houses. Blood oranges, Meyer lemons, and honey tangerines are coming in again this week, and we’re seeing more beautiful roots from Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. Also, we have Equal Exchange Milk Chocolate Hearts for you and your sweetie this Valentine’s Day. Check out the newsletter!
Meyer lemons are a foodie favorite because of their sweet flavor and lack of a sour bite. Believed to be a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange, Meyer lemons are sweeter than conventional lemons and taste reminiscent of tangerines. If you love lemon flavor but can’t handle the sour kick, you could eat Meyer lemons without puckering up!
While most Meyer lemon recipes lean towards sweet flavors, these lemons are easily adaptable in a range of recipes, from sweet to savory. Meyer lemons are great in baked goods, juices, sauces, cocktails, and even as pickles!
When you think of pickling, dill (cucumbers?) is the first thing that comes to mind. However, preserved lemons are commonly used in Moroccan cuisine and pack a fantastically subtle sweet flavor. You can preserve lemons by fermenting them in salt and lemon juice. Check out this recipe for Moroccan Preserved Lemons.
These little lemons can add a zip of refreshment to your winter culinary routine.
What’s your favorite recipe for Meyer lemons?
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It’s quite the week for specialty citrus! Blood oranges, honey tangerines, and Meyer lemons are going out on boxes and we’ve got plenty available as add-ons. We are always excited for blood orange season, and we were fortunate enough to bring the blood oranges and honey tangerines from California by train, which is a fuel efficient means of produce transportation. Learn all about these unique fruits and the rest of great items in this week’s boxes. Check out the newsletter!