Posts under ‘foraging’

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, [...]

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’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 [...]

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 [...]

This Saturday, I brought my childhood best friend and my sister with me as I traveled from farmer’s market to farm, hunting and gathering my food for the week.
We began at the Bethel Farmers Market.

We went on to the Brewster Farmers Market.

Among other things, I scored catnip from the sisters and escarole and fresh garlic [...]

The forage was simple this Saturday:
Holbrook Farm in Bethel, where I scored:

strawberries (from Pell Farms in Somers, CT)
asparagus
spinach
green onions
tomatoes (hot house grown at March Farm in Bethlehem)
three-berry jam
potted basil (from March Farm in Bethlehem)

New Morning Natural Foods in Woodbury, where, among other things, I scored these local items:

raw milk from Foxfire
fiddleheads (local, but I don’t [...]

Last week I went foraging (for real—in the fields and woods looking for wild edibles). I learned that this weed that grows on my lawn is called Field Garlic or Onion Grass and is edible. So I picked some to use in a dinner.

The taste is similar to onion or garlic, but really mild. I [...]

This week’s forage began at Holbrooks, where I really foraged!
From Holbrook Farm, I scored:

bags of loose mixed greens
scallions
fresh eggs
seed potatoes for planting
honey
Goatboy Soap hand cream (thank God! I am nearly out and knew I wouldn’t be able to get down to the Wholesome Wave market today)

Here are the mixed greens growing at Holbrook’s:

Then on to Stuarts [...]

I typically refer to my food shopping shopping  as “foraging” because it fits the “wandering in search of food” definition. I travel from farms to farmers markets gathering whatever they’ve grown. On Saturday, I foraged in the woods and fields for edible wild-growing sustenance.
Despite the rain and chill in the air, more than 50 people [...]