Tonight was a 95% local meal:- beef tenderloins from Stuarts- Sauteed greens (mustard greens and swiss chard from Waldingfield, garlic scapes from from Holbrook’s, kale from our garden, olive oil, garlic and fennel from the world)- boiled beets from Holbrook’s- water from our well Delicious, nutritious, and local!
Posts from ‘June, 2008’
Our CSA!
Our CSA did start this week! Today! Our CSA is with Waldingfield Farm in Washington, CT. Our pick-up point is the Sandy Hook Organic Farmers’ Market at St. John’s Episcopal Church, on Washington Ave in Sandy Hook (co-inciding with the Farmer’s Market here on Tuesdays from 2-6 PM). This week we got greens; lots of [...]
Our Victory Garden
I have been meaning to blog about our victory garden since January. Here’s the picture from then. I haven’t quite gotten the dance down: live life, shoot photos, blog about it. This is closer to how it looks now, taken on June 7. Like children, these things grow fast and the gardens look different today. [...]
Saturdays Forage (6/21)
Our first stop was the Brewster Farmer’s Market.- From Bluestone Farm (Brewster, NY) we got maple syrup, strawberry jam, duck eggs, and some seedlings.- From the Groovy Baker (East Fishkill, NY), we got biscotti. Lisa Wolf is the Groovy Baker, offerring a variety of organic and gluten-free confections.- And from someone else from NYC (sorry [...]
My Local Farmer’s Markets
There are lots of farmer’s markets in the region. These are just the very local markets that I’ll be frequenting regularly. Here’s a complete listing of CT Farmer’s Markets from the Hartford Courant. Brewster Farmers’ Market - Wednesday & Saturday, June 18 – November 22, 9 AM–2 PM Wholesome Wave (Westport Farmer’s Market) - Thursdays, [...]
Weekly local meal, not a challenge
I’m not currently active in any of the challenges going on (like One Local Summer), but we’re certainly still eating locally. Mostly, local foods are well integrated into our daily menus and often we are delighted that an entire meal came from local fare. Like last night… Bok Choy and Garlic Scapes with Beef. Here’s [...]
Saturday’s Forage (6/14)
We’re back on the road in search of food. First stop was Stuart’s in Bridgewater for some beef stuffs for the family Father’s Day BBQ. We got a bunch of burgers and a couple of huge top sirloin for the event and a bunch of other goodies to round out the freezer stock. Then on [...]
