Posts under ‘farmer's markets’

This week’s forage brought me to a new farmers market, the South Salem Winter Market at Gossetts Farm Market. Hat tip to Kaela of Local Kitchen for turning me on to this market. (Y’know, I’m from NY’s Hudson Valley…)
I scored:

Sea scallops from Rob of Seatuck Fish

From Madura Farms, Goshen, NY (thank you Regan):

Shiitake, Baby Bella, [...]

Today was opening day for the Fairfield Winter Market season. Ordinarily this is an indoor market, but the theater is having roof work done, so it’s going to be outdoors in the meanwhile. Temperatures have been unseasonably mild in this region, but of course today the season decided to be seasonable. It was cloudy, rainy, [...]

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: [...]

If the Thanksgiving holiday had a Black Friday, it would be this Saturday, this being the last weekend of farmers markets before the big feast. Except farmers and farmers market shoppers aren’t quite like mall shoppers. Thank goodness for small favors.
I began the day with the Wooster Square market in New Haven. It’s a small [...]

I know that the  One Local Summer Challenge is officially over, but I made this soup this week and thought it would be a better ending to OLS 2009.

The soup is Potage Parmentier (potato and leek soup) and the recipe is from Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

leeks from Cherry Grove, Newtown, CT
potatoes, [...]

I’m off from the day job this week and have had an opportunity to frequent some of the Farmers Markets I’d ordinarily miss.
Tuesday’s Sandy Hook Organic market is still going strong. My favorite farms are still there: Waldingfield Farm, Shortts Farm, Middle Brook Farm, and Stoneledge among others. They are back at the location behind [...]

This week’s One Local Summer Challenge meal is oven-roasted chicken and pink potatoes. Sorry I’m posting way past the deadline–hope you forgive me and I make it! It was a very tasty meal nonetheless.

chicken from Stuarts Family Farm
chicken broth, mine from the freezer from last week
white wine is Snow Goose from McLaughlin Vineyards
shallots from Don [...]

This week’s One Local Summer Challenge meal has been a year in the making!
I put by the main ingredients for Eggplant Parmigiana last season, thinking it would make a nice meal over the winter, but the winter came and went.  I finally got around to making it this weekend.

The eggplant was from Waldingfield Farm, dipped [...]

Happy Independence Day! Particularly those exercising their independence from petroleum-based foods–whether from fertilizers, pesticides, shipment, or a combination.
My markets were open today and I scored big!

From the Brewster Farmers Market

Fresh catnip, mixed salad greens, Daikon radishes, and Nero Cavalo from Bluestone Farm. Though I don’t ordinarily go for cold salad, the greens were already bagged [...]

There were a number of meals this week that could qualify for the local meal of the week. This is a wonderful time of the year, with so many markets open.
How about yesterday’s meal? After a day of foraging, we had:

wine from McLaughlin’s and Womanchego cheese from Cato Corner Farm, in Colchester, CT
beef tenderloins (from [...]