Posts under ‘markets’

Earth Day at New Morning was a fabulous as ever—nearly everyone wss there! As you’ve no doubt discerned, I like to know my farmer and know my food. I’m willing to accept one hop between me and the producer as long as the “hop” knows the producer. John has a relationship with his vendors and  [...]

I finally had my first fiddleheads of the season at New Morning Natural Foods. These are from the Ostrich Fern. Fiddleheads are a New England thing. I’m fairly new to them, my first try was two years ago from Chef Corey at Trinity Conference Center in Cornwall Bridge. Since then, I haven’t missed a season. [...]

I knew it was going to be big, but I didn’t imagine it would be this huge! There were oodles of vendors offering free samples and not-for-profit organizations offering information. WPKN was live broadcasting the event up until a little after 1 PM. You couldn’t have asked for a nicer day!

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. [...]

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 [...]

The first day of spring was a chilly forty something degrees. This week’s forage began at the Wholesome Wave (Westport Farmers Market) in Fairfield where I scored: a bouquet of kale from Two Guys from Woodbridge pork chops and stew beef from Ox Hollow Farm Veal for scallopini and Pleasant cow cheese from Sankow’s Beaver [...]

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 fun forage…we went here, there and it seemed, everywhere! We began at the Bethel Farmer’s Market where I picked up numerous items from Newtown Cedar Hill Farm,  Maple Bank Farm, Don Taylor’s Farm, and Goat Boy Soap: We continued on to Blue Jay Orchards for some apples. (They don’t have Macouns yet.) [...]

July 29 was the sixth week of our CSA (Waldingfield Farm, pick-up point Sandy Hook Organic Farmer’s Market). Our bounty included: – mixed salad greens – sugar snap peas – green beans – Swiss chard – patty pan squash – cucumbers – green bell peppers – Chinese eggplant – sun gold cherry tomatoes Our local [...]

Today was week two of our CSA with Waldingfield Farm. This week’s bounty was beets, mixed greens, yellow squash, zucchini, and sugar peas. Our pick-up point is the Sandy Hook Organic Farmer’s Market, where we also got some prepared pesto, fresh mozzarella, and whole wheat flax seed bread. These delectables were made by a company [...]