Posts from ‘January, 2010’

Since the both the Fairfield Market and City Seed Wooster/New Haven Market were closed yesterday, I didn’t do my usual Saturday forage. Instead, I went up to the “quiet corner” of CT to Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret. I am quite fond of their Cabernet Franc and my local liquor store ran out. It’s a [...]

Here’s another dish inspired by my great Puerto Rican vaycay: pumpkin fritters, also called Barriguitas De Viejas. I adapted my recipe from this one and this one. 1-3/4 cups cooked, mashed pumpkin. I used the remaining half of the Long Island Cheese Pumpkin squash I used for the Habichuelas. I suspect you can use nearly [...]

This week’s Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meal was Osso Buco over polenta. A few weeks ago, I asked the folks at Sankow’s Beaver Brook if they had veal shanks for Osso Buco and this week, they hooked me up! Comparing recipes from Mario Batali, Giada De Laurentiis, and Emeril Lagasse, I decided to go [...]

There’s an article up on Slate, Beware the Myth of Grass-Fed Beef that says “Cows raised at pasture are not immune to deadly E. coli bacteria.” The author is taking Nina Planck to task for a piece she wrote for the New York Times several years ago that claimed that the toxic strain of E.coli [...]

Wow—it’s been month since my last Saturday forage and the first of the year! It was great to be back at the Fairfield Winter Market, which is happily back indoors. (Although, truth be told, it was probably warmer outside than inside this week!) I scored: carrots, parsnips, and celeriac from Riverbank Farm veal shanks (for [...]

This week’s Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meal was inspired by my trip to Puerto Rico. I was surprised to find pumpkin in so many dishes and have since learned that pumpkin grows abundantly there. This dish is called Habichuelas or Stewed Beans (using this recipe), modified for the local challenge. olive oil from Italy [...]

I’m always telling folks to know where their food comes from and to ask their farmers. But what can you do when the farmer lies? Like in this case, both the Food Network and the White House Garden fail the transparency test. See what happens when hype and political opportunity get out of hand. Perhaps [...]

LoHud has an article rounding up the winter markets going on in Westchester County this year. Westchester is just over the border from CT and well within my 100 miles (in fact, well within 100 miles of all of CT!). Nice Recap.

This week’s Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meal comes courtesy of the buffet at Salsa Restaurant, Marriot Courtyard in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was wondering I was going to be able to find local food on this vacation. Google wasn’t much help in locating a farmers market within walking distance of my hotel. But [...]

Fairfield Winter Market There will be NO Winter Market in Fairfield this Saturday. The market will resume Saturday, January, 16, rain or shine because it will be INDOORS!!!! See you then! NJ Slow Food Hey Cecelia: On 1/16, An Eating Local Year Round event, sponsored the Northern New Jersey Chapter of Slow Food in partnership [...]