The Medlar in the Potager
11/07/2005
From the delightful French website L' Atelier Vert an article about the medlar in the garden, the kitchen and in Basque traditions. Over the years I have found this site an inspiring and delightful journey into the French Potager.
The medlar as metaphor
"Sometimes, I think of my potager as an act of defiance. With my feet firmly planted in its fat, dark loam, I can resist a whole horde of enemies. Not only tasteless, hormonally engorged foods, their natural, unique perfumes replaced by the uncertain whiff of chemicals, their appearance as uniformly unblemished and unvariable as a regiment of soldiers, but also the larger plan that they represent."
until next time,
Darrol, The Food Gardener
Las Cruces, NM