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The Sunday Farmers Market Table

June 29, 2009 By jenny Leave a Comment

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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 [...]

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One Local Summer: Seared Steak with Cilantro Butter

June 5, 2009 By jenny Leave a Comment

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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, [...]

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Get the Most from Your Farmers Market: 10 Tips from a Market Manager

May 8, 2009 By jenny 25 Comments

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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 [...]

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Full Moon Feast: Review & Giveaway

March 24, 2009 By jenny 30 Comments

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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!

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