Sorry for the {housekeeping} post…I seriously have no idea where September went. Below you’ll find the list of our October 2012 Classes At The Arts Center of the Capital Region on River Street in Downtown Troy, NY. You can register for any or all of the classes on their website. You can find ALL of…
Tag: cooking
{giveaway} Eat Your Books
Sometimes I can’t believe anyone reads FSC, attends our food swaps or takes our classes. In this vast world of information, and a good majority of it about food, I’m still surprised at the loyal FSC Community (thank you!). So when I saw that the new recipe-organizational website, Eat Your Books (EYB), link to Gina’s Dulce…
{fsc book club} Assignment 1: Dairy, Cereals & Snacks
We are officially a week and a half into the relaunch of the FSC Book Club and it has been amazing! We switched our home base from the old Facebook forum to Goodreads, expanded our social media presence and decided to both read and cook our way through our current selection, Alana Chernila‘s The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods…
{field trip} My Visit to Polyface Farm
I recently got back from a crazy five-day trip to the D.C. area. In that time, I spread some DIY Bacon love to Maryland where I taught a private lesson on bacon curing, I got to hang out with the wonderful Celia from On Cardamom and Cast Iron, and see the sights from the windows…
{food swap recipe} Drunken Martini Olives
Editor’s Note: FSC Swapper, FSC Academy teacher Leah A is back with another food swap recipe from her stockpile of awesomeness. She’s shared Magic Shell, Cucumber-Infused Sake, Spiced Nuts, and her case for contracting Swap Fever. Now: DIY Martini Olives! I swapped for these suckers, and I can say, without hesitation that they are one…
{food policy} Why Do You Grow Clean Food?
There has been a lot of discussion, and media hype, about the Stanford University School of Medicine Meta Analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on September 4th, on whether organic food is more nutritious than conventionally grown food. (Definition Note: A Meta Analysis focuses on contrasting and combining results from different studies, in the hope of identifying patterns…
{giveaway} Back to School w/ Whole Food Kitchen
Now that the summer is over its time to get our adult education on! I’m excited for fall 2012 as its the first ‘back to school’ time that we are holding FSC Academy classes since we began in June. While those are in person, and only in the Capital Region of NYS, I’ve often thought…
{cooking w/ kids} Caramel Frosted Apple Spice Bars
Editor’s Note: I’m really excited to announce that Becky will be changing her focus here on FSC. No longer gluten-free, Becky will now focus on her true calling in the kitchen, cooking with her children. Each month Becky will share a family-friendly recipe with tips for including children in the cooking or baking process (see…
{know your farmer} Mountain Winds Farm
MEET OUR MAPLE SYRUP FARMER: MOUNTAIN WINDS FARM Farmer: Randy Grippin Location: Berne, NY Produces: Light and Dark Maple Syrup, Maple Cream and Candy, Pastured Eggs and some berries/vegetables. # Acres: 140 55,000 linear SF of pipeline 1291 taps hung with tension wire, on 1291 trees of Sugar and Black Maple In Business: 6 years…
{food swap recipe} Slow Cooker Dulce de Leche
Editor’s Note: Gina Martin of Modschooler & Albany Kid Family Travel is back with an easy way to create Dulce de Leche in your crockpot. She brought it to yesterday’s Troy Food Swap and boy, was it a hit. If you want to read more by Gina, she has already written about DIY Veggie Bouillion,…
{fsc book club} Relaunch w/ 2nd Book Selection (& Giveaway Winner)
The results are in! Thank you to everyone who took a moment to answer our poll about the FSC Book Club. We wanted to hear directly from you how we can grow this thing into a super fun, no pressure, foodie-friendly book club. We asked about the types of books you want to read, the…
{drink it up} Elderberry Cordial
A few times a year, I try to do a complete walk around the perimeter of my farm. It’s nice to take inventory of how the farm has changed with the seasons (or, more generally the case, what needs fixing). A few weeks ago I stumbled upon four rather large black elderberry trees. After harnessing…
{fsc swappers} Community & Locavorism Collide
As anyone else think that the first twelve days of September have flown by? Good, I’m not alone. Its flown by so fast that I didn’t realize until Monday that our food swaps were around the corner, like two doors away close, as our monthly swaps start on Sunday in Troy and then again on…
{scaling up the northeast grain system} Wild Hive
Editor’s Note: Our monthly local-grain-love-fest with Amy Halloran is back with the 8th installment in her Scaling Up The Northeast Grain System series. You can read her previous seven pieces here. In this installment, Amy comes full circle and visits the mill & bakery where her gain-love began. -Christina +++++ I went to Wild Hive…
A Change of Seasons: My Mother’s Apple Strudel
This is the week before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. As in most celebrations, there is food associated with the holiday. Apples and honey are the traditional fare of the New Year, so it is de rigueur to eat honey cake, a heavy quick bread that can be eaten with a meat meal since…
