Posts from ‘March, 2008’

Saturday’s dinner consisted of pork chops from Ox Hollow Farm covered with sauteed onion and mango chutney (not local, but homemade by a friend). The sauteed spinach is from Starlight Farm, Durham, CT. The red wine, of course, is from McLaughlin.

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My biggest barrier to making my own raw milk yogurt was in finding a reliable low-heat source. My electric oven does not have a pilot and the light bulb lights intermittently. With the arrival of my Excalibur Dehydrator, I am ready to go!
I do like the organic local Hawthorne Valley yogurt as well as the [...]

We headed out bright and early today to the Fairfield Winter Market. Lots of folks were there–vendors and customers. I did bring my camera but got so caught up in being a participant that I forgot to be an observer. My apologies to those who like pictures. Our catch of the day:- Ricotta cheese from [...]

Another couple of accidental local meals…
Last night, we had burgers (ready made ground beef patties) from Stuarts. I made mine a cheeseburger, courtesy of Sankow’s Beaver Brook Farm, with lettuce from Two Guys from Woodbridge, on French country bread slices from Wave Hill Bakery. And of course, red wine from McLaughlin.
Tonight was leftover ribeyes from [...]

CT NOFA has a Google Map featuring the farms, farmers markets and businesses listed in the 2008 CT NOFA Farm & Food Guide. Very cool.
NOFA = Northeast Organic Farming Association.

I’ve been getting excited with the bulb shoots starting to peek up out of the ground. I’m looking forward to the upcoming growing season in a way that I never have before. I guess I should order some seeds already.
I miss “my” farms. I miss the variety of fresh vegetables at the farmers markets. I [...]

On Sunday, we had a respectable Palm Sunday Dinner featuring a smoked ham from Ox Hollow Farm in Roxbury (obtained at the Fairfield Winter Market).
The ham was absolutely delicious. I’d intended to use some apple cider as the liquid in the roasting pan, but none of my cider was defrosted. Time to improvise. I did [...]

Over the course of the past year, I’ve been replacing white sugar with honey or maple syrup whenever possible, partly because sugar’s not local and partly because of that diet I’ve been on.
When my partner invited me to try some Stevia, I protested saying I don’t want food to taste sweet, I want it to [...]

What a luxurious life I lead; today I had to chose between two farmer’s markets. The CitySeed Year-Round Market in New Haven is on once a month and today was it’s day. And of course, the Westport Indoor Market (in Fairfield) is still going strong.
With lots more to choose from, I took home:- herbed soft [...]

I’m still trying to decide if this means it will get harder or easier for me to find local wheat.