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…
{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…
{Weekend} Reading: LOCAL EDITION
{FALL} is Coming I’m going all local this week…..or is that loco? -Chris LOCAL EVENTS First, I should mention that U Pick apples has started at many local orchards, including Altamont, Indian Ladders (No Spray), Saratoga Apple, Bowmans and Goold. This is far from complete, for a complete list of orchards in our area visit…
What’s New In Your Kitchen Wednesday
What’s new in my kitchen is actually about seventy or so years old. It’s a Mirro Aluminum Cooky and Pastry Press that belonged to my mother’s mother and has been used to make Christmas cookies for three generations. After my mother married a Jew many years ago, her own passion for making Christmas cookies fizzled…
Our Newest Member…Alexis
We have a new team member and before her first post goes live, I wanted to take an opportunity to introduce her. From her bio: “Alexis works as a psychotherapist but is most appreciated for her role as cook by her husband and 20 month old daughter. She has always loved to cook and finds…
Tomatos- No, not sauce…….
SANDWICH’S, what to do with the ones that didn’t make the cut, for the sauce. I love all things tomatoes, but I am the WORST tomato grower ever, I mean WORST. This year we planted three different varieties The sauce/ eating tomato I can’t remember the name of, Sun Gold ( Orange Cherry) and Golden…
Pasta!
This is guest blog by my husband. Dan worked for several years in the kitchen at the Franklin Plaza Ballroom and attended culinary school at Schenectady County Community College. He has a ton of kitchen knowledge and I’m constantly consulting him. He is my sounding board for so many ideas and he helps me out…
Fruit Kabobs
Its Labor Day weekend and everyone will be going to a picnic sometime this weekend. My mother has a wonderful pool so we usually gather there on holidays and weekends throughout the summer. One of our favorite things to bring to a picnic is FRUIT KABOBS! They not only are delicious, kid friendly but are…
{HOLIDAY} Weekend Reading
Due to a 7-day-turned-11-day vacation, Weekend Reading has been absent the last two Fridays. I’m back and so is my food policy and foodie blog reading. Have a wonderful holiday weekend people! LOCAL FOOD AND FIBER EVENTS This weekend, I will be attending Bennington Vermont’s Garlic and Herb Festival– you should too! 10am-5pm both Saturday…
Beet Hummus
Alright, I’ll admit it, I am very new to the world of beets. They are not something that I’ve purchase before because my husband hates them. In our CSA share from Denison Farm we’ve received beets several times. Just about every time that we’ve gotten them I’ve blanched and frozen them for later use. I…
What’s New In Your Kitchen Wednesday
My What’s New in Your Kitchen Wednesday, is not really a kitchen item, rather a fun, easy, small, portable way to bring things into your kitchen(or any part of your house for that matter). Reusable bags are all the rage now, which is awesome.com, but I mean have you seen some of the designs/ styles?…
{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…
Homemade Hummus
Tortialla chips and hummus is a favorite family snack in our house, and we go through quite alot. I decided it would be easier and cheaper to try my hand at making my own hummus. Turns out it is so incredibly easy to make hummus, I can’t believe all the money we’ve spent on hummus…
What’s New In Your Kitchen Wednesday
The Pastry Cutter. This was a shower gift for our wedding over 12 years ago…well not this one…a couple months ago the handle on my pastry cutter broke. Of course I could still use it and did. I would throw it away once a new one was purchased. Well, looking all around for it one night…
