Posts under ‘farmer’s markets’

The Bethel Farmer’s Market may have started out low key, but it’s picking up in week two—a few more vendors and a lot more fun this week. The Maple Bank Farm folks are definitely the ringleaders of the jocularity. Daffodil Hill Growers grew the first hot peppers I’ve seen at the markets this season (thanks [...]

I made a crock-pot rotisserie chicken for Patti Popp’s Eat Local CT Challenge along with a salad with a (sort of) Thousand Island dressing. I happened upon a recipe for crock-pot rotisserie chicken at one of Kimberly Hartke’s blog carnivals. Obviously I spend too much time with Engineers because I thought there was a new [...]

I finally found the Fairfield Indoor Winter Farmers Market! (This is the market that used to be at the Fairfield Theatre Company.) This year, it’s at the Greenfield Hill Grange (1873 Hillside Road, Fairfield). The market is open from 10 AM – 1 PM. The joint was jumping and had a nice assortment of items. [...]

Challenge Meal #9 is Beef Bone Soup, in honor of the weather, my penchant for homemade soup, and the way the ingredients from the Saturday market at the Norfield Grange in Weston just fell together. It turns out that stock made from bones is exceptionally nutritious. According to Sally Fallon: Stock contains minerals in a [...]

Looks like we may be seeing more fresh, local chicken in CT!!! According to this article at HartfordBusiness.com: The “farms, foods and jobs” law Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed Tuesday immediately allows certain growers to sell dressed poultry and other poultry products directly to consumers, restaurants and hotels. The law covers Connecticut farms that produce [...]

I don’t know what to call my Dark Days Challenge meal #4. I had a bunch of disparate items in my refrigerator with no foraging trips to find something to tie them all together. Saturday was Christmas and the Farmers Market was closed. So I made this: My nameless dish was constituted and sourced as [...]

I love Thanksgiving! A couple of years ago, an acquaintance said, “I hope the meaning of the holiday doesn’t get lost behind the food.” Sorry–I think the food is the meaning of the holiday. I love having a holiday that celebrates human skill at coaxing food from the soil. For me, Thanksgiving is a holiday [...]

The 2010 Summer Farmers Market season is starting to swing! Several markets are already opening, and within the next month, the rest will follow suit. Here’s a directory of sorts, highlighting the markets in my near circle, far circle, and some links to more market information so you can draw your own circles. I also [...]

This week’s forage technically began on Friday evening on the ride home from work. Sport Hill Farm was still open so I picked up: arugula spinach a lovely potted lavender plant The new barn at Sport Hill is really coming along. It is beautiful. Sorry, no photo since this was an impromptu visit! Next time. [...]

I got a late start on this week’s forage—blame it on the rain. Happily, the sun came out as I got to my first stop! My trail: Holbrook Farm, where I scored: spinach arugula mustard greens ramps cilantro greenhouse tomatoes from March Farm Kenyon‘s Rhode Island sea salt (Yay! It’s back!) Holbrook’s own bread and [...]