Posts under ‘Connecticut’

Since the both the Fairfield Market and City Seed Wooster/New Haven Market were closed yesterday, I didn’t do my usual Saturday forage. Instead, I went up to the “quiet corner” of CT to Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret. I am quite fond of their Cabernet Franc and my local liquor store ran out. It’s a [...]

Fairfield Winter Market
There will be NO Winter Market in Fairfield this Saturday. The market will resume Saturday, January, 16, rain or shine because it will be INDOORS!!!! See you then!
NJ Slow Food
Hey Cecelia: On 1/16, An Eating Local Year Round event, sponsored the Northern New Jersey Chapter of Slow Food in partnership with the Morris [...]

The CT NOFA January 2010 Newsletter is posted online. Enjoy!
These are just a few of the noteworthy upcoming events listed in this issue:

10th Annual NOFA Course in Organic Land Care
CT NOFA Getting Started in Organic Farming
CT NOFA’s 28th Annual Conference ~ Sustaining Connecticut: Growing Local, Eating Healthier, Living Smarter

I just renewed my membership to CT NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) and this is one annual check I do not mind writing.
Their tagline is “Cultivating an Organic Connecticut since 1982.” They were organic before organic was cool. Just to put it in perspective, the U.S. President in 1982 thought ketchup was a vegetable.
Being a [...]

Perhaps you’ve heard of Westport, CT. It’s on Connecticut’s Gold Coast and it’s not inexpensive to live there. It’s even possible that some of the local and sustainable foodies in Westport are precisely those from whom down-to-earth-not-wholefoodsnation local foodies would seek to distance themselves. And yet, here’s this cool thing going on in Westport.
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So, you might be wondering, “Where can I get local food at this time of the year?” Here are my places.
Farms
Maple Bank Farm in Roxbury, CT: Their farm stand is open Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 – 5:30 through Sunday, December 22, 2009.
Blue Jay Orchards in Bethel, CT is open until December 24, 2009
Holbrook Farm in Bethel, CT: [...]

Michael Pollan is going to be at the Cornwall Library on August 15.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to see Michael Pollan speak, take it now! I saw him a while back and he was excellent.

This is the first installation of Passport to Connecticut Wineries, or Sophie and Cecelia’s adventures tasting  their way through Connecticut wineries!
On Saturday, June 28, 2009, we visited DiGrazia Vineyards and McLaughlin Vineyards.
DiGrazia Vineyards
131 Tower Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804, (203)775-1616
I was immediately impressed with the grotto at the entrance. Once inside, the tasting consists of [...]

Regular readers of this blog know that I visit McLaughlin Vineyards on a regular basis. They are one of the closest farms to my home and their Vista Riposa is a red wine that goes with just about everything I eat. This past weekend, I visited Digrazia Vineyards and Winery and enjoyed that as well.
This [...]

Today was the first day this year I heard my Wood Thrushes. Check out their songs.

Oh, and I picked up some fiddleheads yesterday.