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Dinner From the Market

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Tandoori seasoned chicken; braised swiss chard; dehydrated tomato; roasted pattypan; pine nuts; goat cheese Last Wednesday at the Maplewood Farmer's Market I went home with beautiful Swiss chard from Root Cellar owner Walker Claridge and pattypan squash from Claverach Farm . Tonight along with some Goatsbeard Farm ...

A Summer at the Market

Monday, September 17th, 2007

  Over the last year I've read a lot about sustainable agriculture . While I'm not completely sold on the locavore/localvore movements in their entirety (which I'll touch on another day), I do like the idea of supporting my regional farmers, and I especially like it in a ...

…and speaking of spoiled peach crops

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

In July, there was one week that a grower showed up at the Maplewood Farmers Market peaches in tow. Overjoyed I bought a whole peck. What a mistake . . . Out of 20 peaches in my peck, only 2 did not have living worms in them when cut ...

Halloween Comes Early

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Off to the Maplewood Farmers Market I went last night as I do every Wednesday to see what the bounty of local farming has brought us. Tomatoes are still plentiful of course, as are the zucchinis that threaten to take over about every garden I've ever seen them planted ...