The Local Food Report

I have a friend in Barnstable who’s always telling me about unusual edible plants, particularly perennials. Recently, he told me he’s planting something new called a Cornelian Cherry.

Helen loved kvass. The flavor, the fizz, everything about this drink made from fermenting stale bread with water and sugar. But when she got home, she forgot about it for almost 40 years.

This week on the Local Food Report, we learn about Wellfleet’s historic herring run.

This week on the Local Food Report, Cape Cod jail inmates find connection and hope in a program baking for those in need.

The small, black relatives of the blueberry grow all over the Cape and Islands.

Amateur cooks get by with a little “kelp” from their friends and the results are pretty tasty.

Garlic scapes are in season at the Truro Farmers Market, and there are so many good ways to cook them.

A centuries-old Portuguese ritual rich with history, pageantry, and, most definitely, food.

Landscaping can direct major rainfalls to places where plants can use the water later.

An expert makes the case for eating "micro-livestock."