“What’s your least favorite vegetable?”
Not long ago we put that question to our DeKalb County Community Gardens staff members.
Our staff are farmers, gardeners, food pantry managers, food educators, and food transporters–all working together to end food insecurity in DeKalb County. We’ve shared over a million pounds of free food to neighbors since 2013. This staff knows food. Almost to a person, they said the most awful vegetable was…Swiss chard. They called this prolific, vivid, leafy vegetable: tough and bitter; what do you even do with it? Someone said, “We should have a Swiss Chard-Off — like a cook-off.” Everyone groaned, then laughed, then: “Let’s do it!”
The Epic Summer Swiss Chard-Off took place in August. Contestants weren’t joking around when they brought to the table: Swiss chard & double goat cheese tart,…
