Posts from ‘January, 2011’

My Dark Days Challenge meal #8 is like eggplant parm. I say like because I make eggplant parm differently. Usually, I slice the eggplant, dip the rounds in an egg wash, then fry them. Then I layer tomato sauce, fried eggplant rounds, and mozzarella cheese. I sprinkle a little Parmesan, and then repeat until I [...]

Here’s my Dark Days Challenge meal #7: I made this dish a year ago, almost to the day. I “discovered” it in Puerto Rico, where it was warm and sunny. With several feet of snow outside, this is my reply. I used this Arroz con Habichuelas recipe, with some substitutions to keep it local. This [...]

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There’s a new winter market on Saturdays at the Norfield Grange in Weston. It’s a nice drive, over hill and dale—not the kind you’d take when there’s weather, but a nice drive on nice day. I picked up some veal cutlets from Eaglewood Farms when I went and wanted to make something different, but what? [...]

They say, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. From that we can extract that when life gives you limes, make Margaritas. But when life gives you snow, then what? Make sno-cones! So, here’s a DDC bonus. The snow is local. I made the “syrup” from Jan Perkins’ (Stoneledge Farm, Southbury, CT) Berries Jubilee jam. [...]

Looks like we may be seeing more fresh, local chicken in CT!!! According to this article at HartfordBusiness.com: The “farms, foods and jobs” law Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed Tuesday immediately allows certain growers to sell dressed poultry and other poultry products directly to consumers, restaurants and hotels. The law covers Connecticut farms that produce [...]

Here’s my Dark Days Challenge meal #5: Pizza. This meal is two challenges in one: the local food challenge and finding foods my almost 12-year-old niece will eat. Cheese Pizza: whole wheat and all-purpose wheat flour from Wild Hive Farm, Micro Mill and Bakery Cafe tomato puree made from Sport Hill Farm‘s San Marzano’s that [...]

The folks at my natural foods store will soon be rearranging the milk on the shelves. An inspector told them that raw milk must be stored and displayed below pasteurized milk products to prevent contamination. They think leaking raw milk could contaminate pasteurized milk. I am laughing and crying at the same time. I’m laughing [...]

I discovered that my wheat flour and corn meal supplies were running perilously low. I pulled everything out of the freezer, convinced that there had to be another bag in there at the bottom, but there wasn’t. Happily, Wild Hive (bakery, cafe, micro mill, and local food outlet) was open on New Year’s Day, having [...]