Posts from ‘May, 2011’

I’ve been hearing about the Community Table in Washington, CT for months (and months) from various friends and acquaintances. They figured a locavore like me would have been there, but, you know, a 40 minute drive, busy with work, mumble, mumble…but I ran out of excuses when Maria Miranda was singing its praises and asked [...]

Patti Popp at Sport Hill Farm harvesting my own personal asparagus. Did I mention how delicious it was?! Here it is next to Patti’s corn (from the freezer from last summer) and Greyledge’s pork chops (with a rub of ramps from Holbrook’s and Oh My spice blend from Boxed Goodes).

Miranda Vineyard held their annual barrel tasting yesterday at the vineyard. A barrel tasting gives us a chance to sample the wine in its final stages before it is bottled. They held the tasting in three sittings which provided great opportunities to see the operation and ask questions. The tasting included music, a tour of [...]

You would think that the biggest problem in the world today is that locavores and other foodies are elite: Civil Eats The Atlantic Eric Schlosser in the Washington Post And more. And lots of blog retorts as well. I recently remarked elsewhere on the InterTubes that it’s fascinating that with animal poo on my shoes [...]

Earth Day at New Morning was a fabulous as ever—nearly everyone wss there! As you’ve no doubt discerned, I like to know my farmer and know my food. I’m willing to accept one hop between me and the producer as long as the “hop” knows the producer. John has a relationship with his vendors and [...]