Ham Sandwich Indicted!

Every Sunday evening, I get together with my sister and brother-in-law for dinner and some HBO viewing at what they've deemed "Sunday Night Wind Down."  They've been hosting the Wind Down almost every week for the last several years, as they've moved from New York to Philadelphia to Columbus.  It's an ideal way to start the week/end the weekend, especially since my bro-in-law also loves to cook and we work rather well together in the kitchen. The soundtrack for our kitchen work varies from "This American Life" episodes to '90s  hip-hop to obscure indie bands, depending on who is DJing. Wine and microbrews flow, several hunks of cheese get eaten while we're cooking, and we'll then troop into the living room to eat and catch up on the lives of the Stackhouses, Atlantic City gangsters, or the Starks of Winterfell. Because the sibs and I both have CSA shares, we've got a lot of vegetables at our disposal, and it can be a challenge to ...

Right now you're probably saying one of two things: 1) what the hell is kohlrabi? or 2) a slaw of random root vegetables? Meh...I'll pass.  But I strongly encourage you to read on, before you miss out on a lovely and refreshing summer slaw. Kohlrabi is a member of the cabbage family, and comes in a variety of colors.  It has a rather alien-looking appearance, with the leaves shooting off and up the sides of the bulb. (Both the bulb and the leaves are edible.)  Smaller kohlrabi have a mild crunch reminicient of cabbage, but the bulbs get woody as they get bigger. These particular kohlrabi came from the wonderful folks at Wayward Seed Farm . Adam and Jaime's CSA is always interesting, as they cultivate heirloom vegetables that encourage you to try something new and different ...you're not just going to get lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers from them. (Full confession: I spent a morning on the back of a tractor, planting these kohlrabi at the Wayward Seed Farm wh...