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Article: "I can make minestrone any day of the year from my garden."
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- Sunset
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- May 1, 1984
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"I can harvest the makings for minestrone almost any day of the year, including today," Dr. Angelo Pellegrini of Seattle told us last February. He added, "Of course not all of the ingredients will be fresh--in winter I 'harvest' my beans from the freezer--but the garden can always contribute something."
Because crops ready for harvest change month to month, the minestrone changes, too. "But that is one of the pleasures of being a gardener-cook; as crops change in the garden, you alter your recipes to match." A representative recipe for his minestrone is given on page 214.
After a lifetime of cooking what he grows, Dr. Pellegrini has settled on a ...