Sunday is market day and it starts very, very early. My husband rises at about 5:30, makes breakfast and packs up his truck. I wake a little later, get our child ready for the day and pack my car and we head down to town together. From there, we unpack the vehicles [...]
One Local Summer: Seared Steak with Cilantro Butter
June 5, 2009 By 6 Comments
Our premarket CSA began just this week – perfect timing for One Local Summer. It seems now, more and more, all of our meals are local. If not entirely local, they’re substantially local. What a blessing it is to celebrate real food this way! This week we enjoyed local milk, eggs, [...]
For the Love of Fresh Cream
May 19, 2009 By 27 Comments
Fresh cream. Fresh raw cream. I love it in all its thick, silky glory. I love the taste, and the texture it lends to dishes – both savory and sweet. There’s nothing quite like it, and when cream’s truly fresh – it borders on the divine. We’re fortunate, after a year [...]
Get the Most from Your Farmers Market: 10 Tips from a Market Manager
May 8, 2009 By 25 Comments
Farmers Market season is upon us with many markets already open while others, like ours, must wait until late June or July before farmers’ fields are productive. Together, my husband and I run our local farmers market – coordinating with the town, recruiting vendors, connecting with customers and devising eccentric activities that keep the [...]
Full Moon Feast: Review & Giveaway
March 24, 2009 By 30 Comments
Full Moon Feast: The Hunger for Connection details a love of food, of wellness and most importantly – revives a traditional connection between food and nature’s rhythms. Written by food activist and chef Jessica Prentice and published by the folks at Chelsea Green Publishing which also publishes titles like Wild Fermentation, Fresh Food from Small Spaces and Renewing America’s Food Traditions, Full Moon Feast is a classic read for the growing traditional and slow food movements. I’m giving one copy of this book away, so enter now!
In Season Now: Fennel
February 21, 2009 By 4 Comments
In Season Now: Parsnips
January 10, 2009 By 3 Comments
Parsnips, like rutabegas and turnips, are underdogs of the vegetable world. Everyone knows broccoli. Everyone loves carrots. Somehow reminiscent of times past, parsnips are largely forgotten on the modern table. When you can drive to any grocery store and pick up hothouse tomatoes or Mexican zucchini in the depth of winter, [...]
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