LCBO Food & Drink Early Summer 2020

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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) not only delivers freshly picked produce to your door, it puts a face to your food, which makes it taste that much better. Here are three Ontario farms with top-notch CSA programs.

Plan B Organic Farms (planborganicfarms.ca)

two sizes and and three delivery schedules. You can also buy separate shares of their ethically raised pastured beef, chicken or Berkshire pork.

This farm in West Flamborough supplements its boxes with produce from a dozen other certified organic farms in the area for greater variety. There are weekly and biweekly deliv- ery options, and add-ons include small-flock eggs and fair-trade coffee.

Willowtree Farm (willowtreefarm.ca)

Located in Port Perry, this family farm grows more than 30 kinds of fruits and vegetables and has optional add-ons of monthly meat shares and weekly egg shares. Willowtree delivers to a wide area east of Toronto, from Markham to Bowmanville.

Cooper’s Farm (coopersfarm.ca)

Using sustainable farming practices, this East Gwillimbury operation offers boxes in

What’s in season: spinach It’s hard to think of a more versatile green vegetable than spinach. The crinkly, nutritious leaves can be sautéed in olive oil and garlic for an instant side dish or puréed into a velvety chilled soup. It’s also terrific raw and paired with aspar- agus in our light, elegant Asparagus, Spinach & Fennel Salad with Creamy Tarragon Dressing. Find the recipe at lcbo.com/fdearlysummer20.

This irresistible

cocktail is easy to make for a crowd and requires no ice.

Frozen Paloma Last summer readers went nuts for our Frozen Aperol Spritz. This year we’ve transformed another classic into an icy treat. Riffing off Mexico’s beloved Highball, the Frozen Paloma (recipe p. 127) is coming soon to a blender near you. It combines the grassy bite of tequila and the bitter tang of grapefruit with grenadine to boost colour and lime juice to make it pop. Drink of the Summer

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EARLY SUMMER 2020 FOOD & DRINK