Elspeth Hay
An avid locavore, Elspeth lives in Wellfleet and writes a blog about food. Elspeth is constantly exploring the Cape, Islands, and South Coast and all our farmer's markets to find out what's good, what's growing and what to do with it. Her Local Food Report airs Thursdays at 8:30 on Morning Edition and 5:45pm on All Things Considered, as well as Saturday mornings at 9:30.
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A primer on Cape Cod clams—local species and how to handle each one in the kitchen.
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Selective breeding is not a new thing in the food world; humans have been selecting for desirable traits in plants and animals for thousands of years. But…
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This week, a young man in Truro on pruning wild blueberries and our relationship with the natural world.
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For a long time, skate has been considered trash fish. But with local groundfish like haddock and cod increasingly off the menu, home cooks and local chefs are turning more and more to this tasty shark relative.
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It’s that time of year again—we’re deep into storage vegetable season and I’m looking for recipe inspiration.
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Around this time every year, Elspeth talks with a local farmer or gardener about what they’re planning for the upcoming growing season. This week, she sits down with a Wellfleet gardener and restauranteur.
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Around this time for the past several years, Elspeth’s talked with a local farmer or gardener about what seed varieties they’re ordering for the upcoming growing season. This year, she talks with an avid home gardener from Wellfleet.
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About ten years ago when farmer Stephanie Rein’s kids were in elementary school in Truro, she noticed something about local garden-based education.
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This week on the Local Food Report, adapting Cape Cod menus to changes in local fisheries.
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This week on the Local Food Report, a chef gets creative with school lunch.