Portland chef Joshua McFadden’s veggie-centric recipes – James Beard Award winner | Green Pumpkin Seeds Kernel

For every drink I pour, there has to be something to eat. It is a rule, a way of life. Thin slices of jamón ibérico with a tiny glass of sherry, some curls of gravlax with frivolous bubbles, and maybe something along the lines of a punch with plump, parmesan-crusted muffins.

As for the rind, it serves well as a crunchy component, too, whether tossed into a stir fry or pickled and plated alongside a sandwich or smoky barbecue. A pickled rind creates a great salad topper.

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This story begins on a warm March Day after cross county skiing. We were coming out of a snowy winter, but pumpkin season was fast approaching. This particular patch rested for three years,  and we had high hopes. Time to shovel off an area to install soil heating cables and a hoop house.

“I’ve made a lot of new friends in the industry,” Jay says. “I’ve even traveled overseas to take a course on milling oats from start to finish.”

Gould didn’t know of anyone in Everett with a pumpkin as big as Baldwin’s, but some people are private about the size of their pumpkins.

A growing list of local leaders and prominent residents began urging voters to oppose cannabis farming, even if it meant the end of Farmer John.

This powder can be stored in fridge and added in dosa or pancake batter or chapathi dough as required.

“Taco Bell has a new Watermelon Freeze with candy seeds and I’ve never been more charmed by a beverage,” Stephen Sievwright said on Twitter.

"We basically grind up a doughnut and add cinnamon sugar and brown sugar to make the crumble topping—it’s like a doughnut on a doughnut," says owner Aaron Badolato. Because booze sales during the Base Village opening basically beat out the past five years of the same downvalley, he says, "We’ll be doing some alcohol-infused doughnuts soon, too."

Cut watermelon into four sections. Use a peeler or a pairing knife to carefully remove the green skin. Then, remove the pink flesh, setting about three cups of the fruit aside to make the watermelon juice. (Save the rest to snack on later!)

“This is the biggest pumpkin ever grown in this country, and the second-largest in the world,” he said. “The folks who oversee the Deerfield Fair, and specifically the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off, have done an incredible job of setting up prizes for growers. The first prize was $5,000, and there was an additional $1,000 for the biggest grown in New Hampshire. On top of that, they threw on another $2,500 for the biggest grown in New England. So, I guess I really made out on this.”