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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This week’s Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meal was pork chops with apples and acorn squash. The sweet and the heat together in this dish are really awesome. Pork chops from Ox Hollow Farm Cortland apple and apple cider from Silverman’s Farm acorn squash from Waldingfield Farm shallots and red pepper from Cherry Grove in [...]

The Fairfield Winter Market is going strong. It was good to get down there after missing last week—snow, and lots of it, closed the market down.  This week, I scored: Veal scallopine, veal chops, and frozen prepared lamb curry stew from Sankow’s Beaver Brook French country bread from Wave Hill Breads Yogurt and butter (yes butter) [...]

Saturday was a mostly one-stop forage—I went to the Wholesome Wave indoor winter market in Fairfield. I scored: Heavy cream and egg nog from Trinity Dairy, Enfield (Smyth Family). Pleasant Valley (sheep) cheese from Beaver Brook Farm. Parsnips, celeriac, and carrots from Riverbank Farm. Riverbank also has jars of their own tomatoes (I sure wish [...]

Here’s my food log for Week 2 of the October 2008 Eat Local Challenge. Monday, October 6: Breakfast (Default): Coffee (with raw milk, Stonewall Dairy) Apple from High Hill Orchard in Meriden, CT Yogurt (my own, made from raw milk from Stonewall Dairy) with a dollop of mixed berry jam (discovered at Dutton Farm in Manchester, [...]