{A View from Hadley Mountain, Summer 2010 Photo by Christina} Some days, life feels like I’m climbing a forty-five degree mountain in our ‘78 Volkswagon Westy, whose maximum level speed is about 65 mph. Every mile requires more effort coaxed from my engine as my tread hugs the road of human highway, urging me forward…slowly,…
Tag: cooking
{community sharecropping} September is for Eggplants
September is the biggest harvest month in the community share-cropping gardens. That means that we have to do something with the perishable stuff we grew all summer. While I think zucchini make excellent compost, I want to use each and every eggplant, no matter how small. I have spent years convincing my husband that we…
{weekend reading} local edition
{Liz’s Chicken Coop} LOCAL IRENE FUNDRAISERS OR DONATION CENTERS – We are hosting two fundraisers; For the Farms: Denison Farm & Kilpatrick Family Farm and one for Amanda, a FSC Contributor. Any amount of money donated will qualify you to win one of the many gift baskets we have to offer. I have been bombarded…
{locavore challenge} Roasted Root Vegetable Tart
Sure I’m still harvesting (an enjoying) tomatoes from my garden, and I’m still making pickles from the cucumbers I pick every day. But the weather is crisping up around here and it’s time for some comfort food. To me that means it’s time to make my infamous Roasted Root Vegetable Tart. I’ve been making this…
{gluten free, dairy free} Tomato-Basil Jam and Cornbread Muffins
Recently I found myself with a box of tomatoes {Farmer Jon’s Produce, Selkirk, NY}, a desire to process them, but no real plan of attack. I flipped through the pages of the “Better Homes & Gardens: Canning” issue, and landed on their Tomato-Basil Jam recipe. I wondered how, exactly, could: tomato+basil = the sweet awesomeness…
{locavore challenge} veggie fajitas
The weather here in New York is surely and swiftly turning more autumn-like every day; cooler nights and crisper mornings have me frantically clinging to summer produce and laid-back dinners. This vegetable fajita recipe requires just a little bit of planning to let your local vegetables marinate and then comes together quickly as a one-skillet…
{weekend reading} local edition
LOCAL IRENE FUNDRAISERS OR DONATION CENTERS – We are hosting two fundraisers; For the Farms: Denison Farm & Kilpatrick Family Farm and one for Amanda, a FSC Contributor. Any amount of money donated will qualify you to win one of the many gift baskets we have to offer. I have been bombarded with generosity; so…
{In a Pickle} the asthetic charm of eggs pickled with beets.
I can’t remember where I first saw eggs pickled with beets, but I do recall being struck by the beautiful contrast of the complimentary yellow and purple. I had made pickled beets before (not knowing what else to do with them) which lead me to discover that I like just about anything pickled. I know…
{Remembering Attica} The Loaf
Even though I write for a food blog, my real passion is prisons. I worked as a prisoners’ rights attorney for the last seven years. Before becoming a lawyer, I was an academic administrator and teacher in a prison college program at a men’s maximum-security prison. Most recently I spent a lot of time hanging…
{weekend reading} local edition
LOCAL IRENE FUNDRAISERS OR DONATION CENTERS – We are hosting two fundraisers; For the Farms: Denison Farm & Kilpatrick Family Farm and one for Amanda, a FSC Contributor. Any amount of money donated will qualify you to win one of the many gift baskets we have to offer. I have been bombarded with generosity; so…
Quiche {it’s whats for dinner}
A few weeks ago, I had the wild idea to render some lard. It took me a while to recover from the smell, but I finally felt ready to bite the bullet and use some of it. Quiche is one of our staple meals; it is sufficiently nutritious and appropriate for any time of day….
{locavore challenge} Perfect Timing
As you probably know, NOFA-NY is doing a Locavore Challenge this month and we’re the official blog sponsors! I was really looking forward to this but the last week in August got more hectic than I anticipated and so I had shoved it to the back of my mind. I’ve already been eating close to…
{weekend reading} IRENE EDITION
This was my special note in last week’s {weekend reading}: SPECIAL NOTE: We want to wish all of our fellow East Coast friends a safe weekend. Hurricane Irene seems like it will indeed be a doozie! +++ Boy was it. Schoharie County has mostly been washed away and locally many farms and families are trying…
{SALSA} making good use of fresh summer veggies
Did you know I lived in Mexico for a while? Well I did. It was a phenomenal time, and I wish I could have stayed longer. When I was there I learned a lot about real Mexican cuisine, especially specific to the region where I resided. Foods I learned and now love and crave include pozole (corn…
{weekend reading} LOCAL EDITION
SPECIAL NOTE: We want to wish all of our fellow East Coast friends a safe weekend. Hurricane Irene seems like it will indeed be a doozie! FARMERS MARKETS SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm unless otherwise noted Albany Central Avenue Farmers Market, Parking Lot of The Linda, 339 Central Avenue, 10-2pm. Brunwick Farmers’ Market, Town Office Rd & Rt…
