Posts from ‘December, 2008’

From the NY Times (may require free subscription): The former chairwoman of one of China’s biggest dairy producers pleaded guilty to selling fake milk powder. SHANGHAI — The former chairwoman of one of China’s biggest dairy producers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to selling tainted powdered baby formula and acknowledged for the first time that the [...]

I had a wonderful Christmas and I hope that whatever holiday you celebrate, it was wonderful. Since I don’t host Christmas or Christmas Eve, the week was as non-local as it gets. We’re Italian and there are things we must have and sadly, they don’t grow in Connecticut in the winter! Nonetheless, all of the [...]

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) [...]

For the week ending Sunday, December 21, 2008, I have a few Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meals. Beginning with last Sunday (dinner got to the table too late to post): Roasted chicken (from Ox Hollow Farm) with sage, rosemary, and thyme (from our own garden), white wine from McLaughlin Vineyards, olive oil, chicken stock, [...]

Here’s my local meal for the week ending Sunday, December 14, 2008 for the Dark Days Eat Local Challenge. Smoked veal sausages from (Sankow’s Beaver Brook) with “homefries” made from turban squash (from Waldingfield Farm). Simple, yet something different. I like that the squash counts as both a vegetable and a carbohydrate. They’re an excellent [...]

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 [...]

There were a few local meals this week, but since the unofficial theme seems to be simple, I’ll share the I-got-home-late-and-wanted-something-light-and-easy meal: An omelette, with eggs (from Ox Hollow farm), milk (from Beaver Brook Farm), miatake mushrooms (from Beaver Brook Farm that we dehydrated), broccoli (from Waldingfield Farm, out of the freezer), and sage cheddar cheese [...]

Forget the mall and big-box store madness. If you want to do some holiday shopping that will really get you in the spirit, here’s a bit of what’s going on around here: There’s a Holiday Market & Café going on at St John’s Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue, Sandy Hook (10 AM to 5 PM). [...]

Gifts fit for a king and a locavore! Goatboy Soap just recently introduced a new scent for the season: Frankincense and Myrrh. I picked it up a few weeks ago and was anxious to try it, but already had a patchouli bar started and these these things last forever! Finally, right before Thanksgiving, I got [...]