Elsewhere on the Web Links to related material on other Web sites. Jerry Traunfeld's Northwestern Thanksgiving Six Thanksgiving recipes from The Herbfarm Cookbook. Posted by Epicurious. The new book by Barbara Kafka, a cook who takes a fearlessly original approach to soup. A Traunfeld recipe that will vanquish thoughts of seasonal deprivation is halibut baked with leeks, apple, and lovage .
Lovage trumpets the end of winter like nothing else.
The dish uses apple cider, white wine, and sherry vinegar to provide sweetness and acid, to set the stage for the unstoppable lovage. Rinse thoroughly and cut into matchsticks the light-colored parts of three medium leeks. Taste for seasoning and set aside for up to two hours or in the refrigerator for up to two days. Cover closely with a buttered sheet of parchment paper or foil. Ramps appear wild in the Northeast in late March or early April, followed by the pretty if soapy-tasting fiddleheads.