This Saturday, I brought my childhood best friend and my sister with me as I traveled from farmer’s market to farm, hunting and gathering my food for the week.

We began at the Bethel Farmers Market.

We went on to the Brewster Farmers Market.

Among other things, I scored catnip from the sisters and escarole and fresh garlic from Missy’s. Hooray for escarole!

From there it was up to Stuarts Family Farm. In addition to the beef, I scored a chicken! Chicken is a new offering at Stuarts.

Since we were in the neighborhood, we stopped in at DiGrazia Vineyards.

(NOTE: I’ll have more about our tasting in a future post.)

On to Maple Bank Farm (yes, you did just see us at the Bethel Market!)

Then to New Morning Natural Foods, where you can get, among other things, local raw milk.

Moving on to McLaughlin Vineyards, where Dee Dee had her hands full with a wedding reception, but that didn’t stop the tastings! Since McLaughlin also carries several cheeses that pair well with their wines, I was able to get one called Womanchego from Cato Corner Farm, in Colchester, CT. And finally, I met Bruce McLaughlin.

(NOTE: I’ll have more about this tasting in a future post too.)