I can’t believe we’ve made it to 100+ posts. In March, I started this blog as an off-shoot of our monthly meetings, purely a way to communicate with each other, in between meetings. My thought was “keep the energy and passion going, sharing recipes, local food events and food musings. No dead air.” We are…
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.
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL EDITION
Enjoy your Sunday! NATIONAL Let’s start with exciting localish news: Cookbook author, Mark Bittman is in for the Hudson-Mohawk Marathon on 10/10/10. Whoot! Read about his last couple of runs and his dread of Albany-area hotels! Plus recipe. Lastly, follow him during his massive book tour for his new cookbook FOOD MATTERS. This week Pittsburgh….
{Weekend} Reading: LOCAL EDITION
FUNDRAISER Empty Bowls, Sunday October 3rd noon-3pm, Italian American Community Center, 5th Avenue, Troy. Admission $10. I want to start with this piece because its one of the most creative, and most affordable “everyman” fundraisers I’ve ever encountered. I hate to say “affordable” but sometime you want to attend fundraisers, but they are like $50-250…
{Roasted} Carrot and Butternut Squash Ginger Coconut Soup
I winged this soup tonight and it was so good that I had to share it immediately without much storytelling. Sounds good right? Just a recipe. I made a quinoa & lamb loaf today, I make one once a week-recipe to follow later week, and I was feeling a side dish. I was in a…
{Pioneer} Troy Community Food Co-op Opening Soon!
Troy Night Out is a monthly cultural event where locally owned businesses: art galleries, craft studios, restaurants, bakeries, bars, cafes and book stores keep their doors open to the community, Fridays 5-9pm. Some businesses display artwork or free snacks and drinks, galleries have their openings, restaurant and bars tend to have local musicians. There’s a…
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL
I’m not going to lie. The national news links are items I myself want to read this Sunday morning. The recipes and food recall notices have been read and approved (by me). For various reasons, Miles getting his 2 year molars refusing to nap waking nightly every 3 hours, I just didn’t get around to…
{Weekend} Reading: LOCAL
The next two weekends are BIG BIG BIG with multiple two-day festivals happening. I have added many events to the list, including two harvest festivals in Saratoga and Colonie. Before the local events list, there is a short local news section. LOCAL NEWS Nick & Britin Foster of All Good Bakers in Delmar, NY create…
and the winner of the Kilpatrick Family Farm giveaway is…..
And the winner of the $50 off a micro or regular fall share from Kilpatrick Family Farm is: Amy H for her 3rd comment:”I subscribed to the KFF newsletter” (This drawing was held by From Scratch Club in a fair and unbiased manner, using RANDOM.ORG’s Third-Party Draw Service. For details, please see the drawing’s record.)…
{The Mandolin} What’s New in Your Kitchen Wednesday
I could easily write a post on this topic every week. There are so many useful (or aesthetically beautiful) cookbooks, blogs, gadgets, equipment, and linens around my kitchen its hard to choose one when my week comes around. Due to the change in season, hands down the item I’m starting to use more and more…
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL
NATIONAL NEWS (amazing articles people- trust me- its a good week for food-related reading!) Grist wrote a great piece on my favorite “fast food” chain, Chipotle, and their major farm labor issue. I wish there were more articles like this one because personally I feel like farm-labor issues get pushed to the way back of…
{Weekend} Reading: LOCAL EDITION
Honestly, ’tis the season for local food-related events! There is so much going on its hard to keep up. There are festivals, fairs, charity dinners, farm tours. You name it, its going on this fall season. FESTIVALS, FAIRS, HARVEST DINNERS AND CONFERENCES New to this list: Altamont Orchards’s Altamont Apple & Wine Festival at the…
{Basil} A New Twist on Pesto
{pesto} parts: the secret is in the center Anyone who lives in and around Saratoga Springs, NY is fully aware of the six weeks during the summer that is known as “Track Season”. From late July through Labor Day weekend, the town and its environs are filled to the brim with tourists. The downtown shopping…
{LOCAL} Giveaway: $50 OFF a Kilpatrick Fall Share
If you ever wanted to try a CSA Program, and you live in the Capital Region, this might be the time to give it a go! Kilpatrick Family Farm is generously giving ONE of our readers a coupon for $50 off a regular or micro fall share. You can read about the farm in my…
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL EDITION
Here’s the second half of my link love this week…. BLOG LOVE Marisa, canning guru who writes at Food In Jars, posted a great piece about the importance of using bottled lemon juice in canning. Another Canning Guru, Mrs Wheelbarrow, was on NPR for her canning and blogging. She writes about the experience on this…
