Sooo I’m using an excuse card today, please excuse this short (and tardy) Weekend Reading post. It’s my only child’s birthday, Miles Jae, and we are all party-crazy this weekend. Birthdays take on a whole new meaning when your child suffers from multiple life-threatening food allergies. Twelve months in the book, without ER visit, seems…
Author: Christina
Finding her true calling, connecting people to their local foodshed, Christina is the Editor & Founder of From Scratch Club. At the homestead, she is the Chef de Cuisine, Master Baker & Head Food Preservationist. Always a supporter of local, sustainable, humane, whole foods and fair labor practices.
{Top 10+1} FSC Posts of 2010
Every blog does it, so let’s get ready to ride the most read blog posts in 2010 bus…Fasten your seatbelts! Honk Honk! As I explained in our 100th post (and Food Matters Cookbook giveaway); why I started the club in March 2010. We went “public” with the blog in late July/early August and you know…
{weekday reading} Post-Holidaze Edition
We’re back from our holiday break and ready for what 2011 has in-store for us! Before we get back into the full swing of things; meaning our New Year Resolutions and Reflections, an exciting cookbook giveaway and an announcement of our first-ever event, I’m doing a few housekeeping posts. First, all the lovely food news,…
Merry Christmas!
Wishing you the happiest of holidays with your families and friends! Merry Christmas- Alexis, Amanda, Christina, Leslie & Sarah
{weekend reading} Holiday Weekend Edition
Hey Folks; This will be the next-to-last post until next week. We should be back about mid-week for two Dark Day Challenge posts, then we will be dark again until Sunday, January 2nd, 2011. Okay, enough housekeeping stuff, let’s talk food-related news and BONUS, more holiday-inspired recipe links! NEWS In local news, a favorite farm…
{Holiday Food} Recipe Link-Love Round Up
I didn’t add a recipe section to {weekend reading} National Edition because frankly, there was just too much to talk about in the news. Here’s a short recipe round up for all your cooking and baking needs this week and the during the holidays. – Christina LA Times did a great photo gallery, with recipes,…
{our community} Your Food Memories
This is the part two of the giveaway winner post. The five of us were so touched by the deeply moving food memories that we are devoting this post to your words, your food memories. Thank you for joining the conversation and helping us create a community. – Christina, Alexis, Amanda, Leslie & Sarah Sally…
{giveaway} The Essential NY Times Cookbook Winner Is…
Congratulations and Happy Holidays Megan P! You won The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser! Please email me your address at fromscratchclub (at) gmail (dot) com so we can mail it to you! Enjoy this AMAZING book! – Alexis, Amanda, Christina, Leslie & Sarah
{giveaway} FSC Edible Gifts Collection Winner Is…
Congratulations Jillian! You won Our Holiday Edible Gift Collection & I love My Farmers Market Pin! Please email me your address at fromscratchclub (at) gmail (dot) com so I can mail it to you! Happy Holidays! -Alexis, Amanda, Christina, Leslie & Sarah
{weekend reading} National Edition
To be honest, there isn’t much “good” food news to report. Between the food safety bill S.510 at its final stages of life, the Humane Society’s report of Smithfield’s pork facilities, the overwhelming use of antibiotics in factory farmed meats and the absolutely absurd attacks on the Healthy, Hungry-Free Kids Act and First Lady Michelle…
{weekend reading} local edition
WINTER MARKETS: SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm unless otherwise noted. Delmar Farmers Market: Bethlehem Middle School, 332 Kenwood Avenue. (LAST DAY!!!!!) Troy Farmers Market: Uncle Sam Atrium, Broadway @ 3rd. (through April) Saratoga Farmers Market: Division Street Elementary School, 220 Division Street. (through April) Schenectady Greenmarket: inside Proctors, State Street, (10am-2pm SUNDAY, through April) EVENTS Winter WonderLARK is…
{local holiday} Part 3: A Capital Region Roundup
Part One and Part Two focused on a few stores in Ballston Spa. I linked to other fabulous shops in the Village, so please check them out. In my last installment, Part Three, I have included a list of must-visit locally owned shops to further encourage shopping local during the last weekend and days before…
{local holiday} Part 2: Corinna & Happy Hands Beads
In part one, I rambled on about my town, Ballston Spa, why its awesome while also trying to nudge you into the-possibility-of-purchasing a few of your holiday gifts from your local retailer. That said, for all you local readers, I have a great offer which will hopefully tempt you into submission… Corina & Happy Hands…
{local holiday} Part 1: Shopping in My Town
A few of us live in our around Ballston Spa, NY. Ballston Spa is not a large town by any stretch of the imagination but it does have many, many gems that smaller villages don’t have; like a sushi restaurant, a fabulous tea store, a natural food store, a artistian collective, a fair-trade only gift…
{Blogosphere Challenge} 4th Annual Dark Days Challenge
Once a week, over the course of the next four and a half months, the five of us will be involved in an 88-blog (!!) challenge, 4th Annual Dark Days Challenge. Started by Laura at the blog, Oh So Hennery, it focuses on challenging bloggers to make one meal a week as local, sustainable, organic…
