Here in the Northeast, it’s summer-share CSA {Community Support Agriculture} sign-up time. More specifically in our little corner of the world, the Albany/Saratoga/Schenectady/Troy area is being treated to a CSA Fair sponsored by Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, NOFA-NY. It is being held TODAY at the ATRIUM, the location of the Troy Farmers…
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{Dark Days & GIVEAWAY} Week 6
Editor’s Note: This is our fourth installment of a 4 1/2 month challenge, Dark Days, taken up by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as local, sustainable, ethical and organic as possible. I’m talking gluten-free sweet potato gnocchi, my very own quart of canned tomatoes and some sautéed broccoli rabe….
{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…
{PHOTO DIARY} farewell outdoor markets
Here in Upstate NY the farmers markets go inside for the winter. The market doesn’t go back outside until May-boo-that seems like a lifetime away. That said, I’ll be headed to the indoor market every Saturday excited for my Kilpatrick Family Farm Fall (and Winter) CSA Share, and more! Delmar Farmers Market: Bethlehem Middle School,…
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.)…
{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…
{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…
Quick Tomato Sauce
We’ve been getting a decent pile of tomatoes in our weekly CSA share, and I still can’t believe it took me this long to make the most basic tomato recipe: homemade sauce. I used to do a sauce that was much more complicated (blanch the tomatoes, peel, simmer forever, yadda yadda), but I threw this…
{Know Your Farmer} Kilpatrick Family Farm Tour
squash blossom…I see you…. As stated on a previous post, on July 31st the Kilpatrick family opened their farm to the public for an intimate tour. Miles & I joined fellow From Scratch Club members Amanda with her husband Eric and their daughters Ellie, Jordan & Jacklyn, and Sarah and her 2 1/2 year old…
{Ratatouille} with bonus recipe
Internet factoid: “The eggplant is a member of the nightshade family to it is akin to the potato, tomato as well as the tomatillo and chayote. Although we use the eggplant as a vegetable it is really a fruit. The eggplant is native to India and Pakistan and was first domesticated over 4000 years ago….
{Chard} Two Ways
Got swiss chard in our share. Do I know what to do with it? Nope. I have no idea what these creations will taste like. I wanted to post the pics and the culinary ideas before tonight’s monthly meeting. 1) Chard leaves in frittata. I took Leslie’s chard idea of a tofu Quiche and I…
{photo diary} CSA Share: Week 3
As a hobby photographer since the age of 13, I don’t get much chance to spread my artistic wings… so I’ve decided to document EVERYTHING from our Denison Farm CSA 2010 season. Every piece of produce is getting face time. I am a Round Laker, so here’s what we got- Scallions, Fennel, Broccoli Rabe, Swiss…
{recipe} Bok Choy Wontons
I have never tried to make wontons before. I watched a cooking video on the subject by the Tamra Davis Cooking Show and decided to try my hand. I knew it would be a time consuming task so I decided to do it over a weekend using two days to complete the task. On Saturday…
Dinner tonight……….. courtesty of the Bok Choy in our share
Borrowed from a Rachel Ray recipe on Food Network The items from our share are highlighted. Spicy Shrimp & Bok Choy Noodle Bowl Ingredients • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, 3 turns of the pan • 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes • 4 cloves garlic, chopped • 2 inches ginger root, peeled and cut into…
Chinese Cabbage Post Two: Cabbage Kimchee
Ok, this will be my last post of the evening. I am totally going to do this tomorrow. I only have daikon kimchee in the frig right now, so I’m going to try my hand at the real deal. This seems easy enough. So, my thinking is this: 1/4 of cabbage for korean pancakes, 1/2…
