Posts from ‘January, 2008’

I’d defrosted some chicken from Herondale Farm (just over the border in NY). Tonight we roasted it with shallots from Cherry Grove Farm in Newtown, organic carrots (locals long since been eaten), some store-bought chicken broth, some red peppers we had on hand (origins unknown), and thyme and sage from Missy’s Farm in Warwick, NY [...]

It sounds like the begining of a joke, which could as easily have begun: a Priest and a Locavore walk into a winery… Anyway, we did (walk into a winery); McLaughlin Vineyards. It was Saturday afternoon and we’d spent the day Locavoring around New Haven. On the way home, we decided to stop into our [...]

Mostly local meal of the week, 1/19/2008: - Meatballs, made from Stuart Family Farm ground beef - Home made pasta - Gravy (a red, meat based “sauce”) from the freezer from “before” - Bread, from Apicella’s Bakery, New Haven - Salad, lettuce from Two Guys from Woodbridge (organic and hydroponic greens) - Wine, Vista Riposa, [...]

The CitySeed’s Year-Round Farmer’s Market is this Saturday (1/19) from 10 AM to 1 PM at Wooster Square in New Haven, CT. Many of CitySeed’s summer vendors come out for this. Dress warmly!

This hardly qualifies as a true confession since I’ve been complaining about it incessantly, but I have no idea where my wheat is coming from. I would like to buy wheat from my foodshed (100 miles from Newtown, CT) or at least regionally (New England/Mid-Atlantic). I would like to get it whole, as in buy [...]

Thanks to an enthusiastic response, Laura over at Urban Hennery has extended the Dark Days Eat Local Challenge… My mostly local meal for the week was tonight:- Roast beef, top round from Stuart Family Farm in Bridgewater, CT. Delicious.- Broccoli in a garlic, olive oil, & chicken broth. The garlic is local. Sorry to say, [...]

This post is a follow up to this post. With all due respect to the Jersey Boys: Oh what a night! The Station Square in Madison, CT. was packed! I had e-mailed for reservations but the author’s talk was already booked solid. My party was even too late to get on the waiting list. And [...]

Michael Pollan’s speaking tours launching his new book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto includes a stop in Madison CT. It’s about a 60 mile drive for me and IMHO, well worth it. It’s on Monday, January 7, 2008 from 4-8 PM at Station Square, 28 Durham Rd., Madison, CT. The talk is sponsored [...]

Laura at Urban Hennery is extending the Dark Days Eat Local Challenge through March! Visit her site/blog to vote and weigh in. There is no way to fail. You set your own rules and report your results at the end of the week. Even if you can’t keep up with your own rules, the experience [...]