Cabbage-core 🥬

Earth Kingdom vendors will get it.

Hawnuh Lee
July 11, 2025

Hi friends,

A seriously underrated cruciferous. Year round reliable, an inexpensive staple in winter produce, stretching veg and nutrients. Providing vital microbes post ferment, transforming sugars into punchy acids and funky krauts. Tender and sweet come summer hauls, leaves peeling with ease to hold up in salads, stir fries, and wraps. Inspiring cabbage-core and plant-based eaters alike. Surviving refrigerator neglect and still saving dinner in moments of need. A friend in cabbage, indeed.

I’m feeling sentimental about all things hearty greens this week as we think about the futures of food. How might access to quality produce shift in this changing timeline? And how can we make better use of what’s available now? Produce q’s encouraging us to lean into local and find new ways to love the underrated.

Reply back with all your cabbage-core finds! And here’s to more cruciferous culinary action.

Stay hungry,
Hawnuh Lee | Founder, Closed Loop Cooking

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