Posts under ‘foraging’

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.
Cecelia is up for a [...]

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 butter pickles
Beltane Farm Goat milk
Womanchego cheese from Cato Corner [...]

This week’s forage was a short loop- Holbrook Farm and New Morning Natural Foods with an excursion to Rich Farm.
At Holbrook’s, a cheese tasting was in-progress. They’re carrying a larger selection of cheeses, including Cato Corner, Beltane, and Sprout Creek Farm from local sources, and the tasting was an opportunity to introduce their customers to [...]

What a beautiful spring day! We’ve been having several of them lately and I’m loving it. Lots of little shoots coming up in the garden, but that will wait for another post.
Today’s forage began at Redding Roasters for some peaberry and espresso beans. No, the coffee’s not local, but it is very locally roasted and [...]

Redeeming my own birthday gift from Phillis, I drove up to Albany to see my two favorite musicians (one local, one not). About an hour into the drive, I came upon the adorable hamlet of Clinton Corners, NY. Despite the regional transformation from agricultural to residential, the area still has an agricultural bent to it. [...]

This week’s forage was short and close to home. The Fairfield Winter Market was canceled due to the snow and it was an off week for the New Haven Wooster Market. Thank goodness for New Morning Natural Foods, where I scored these local items:

Pleasant Son (cow) cheese from Sankow’s Beaver Brook
yogurt from Deerfield Farm
raw milk [...]

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 [...]

Wow—it’s been month since my last Saturday forage and the first of the year!
It was great to be back at the Fairfield Winter Market, which is happily back indoors. (Although, truth be told, it was probably warmer outside than inside this week!) I scored:

carrots, parsnips, and celeriac from Riverbank Farm
veal shanks (for Osso Bucco) from [...]

Most of my usual haunts are closed for the holidays.

Holbrook Farm is closed until the day after Epiphany (1/7/2010).
The Fairfield Winter Market is closed until 1/9/2010.
The New Haven Wooster Street market is closed until 1/16/2010.
Maple Bank Farm is closed for the season.
Blue Jay Orchards is closed for the season.

Looks like I’ll be hitting up the [...]

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, [...]