{summer farm tour} Meet Our Vegetable Farmer

The idea for these summer farm tours started a long time ago, when my husband and I began baking bread for farmers markets in 2004, meeting farmers and enjoying their fresh wares, while simultaneously learning more about the toxins that are an inarguable by-product of our industrialized food-system. As the years progressed, we asked questions,…

{winning} at the Delmar Farmers Market & on the Blog

Last Saturday turned out to be a hot & humid day with a few breaks of rain, a typical day for the farmers market. Sunny one minute, turns to cloudy with wind, then blazing sun again. Ahh the days of summer.Working at the farmers market circuit for my second summer, you really get a sense…

{community voices} For The Love of Good Food

I grew up loving food, so much so that I fluctuated between 180 and almost 200 pounds from the time I was 18 until after marrying my hubs at 33, almost eight years ago (we joke that I was overweight and he was bleach-blond when we got married…must have been true love). Much of what…

{pizza week} Traditional Focaccia w/ Pesto

Every weekend at our bakery over on Quail St. in Albany, my husband Nick prepares Specialty Focaccia Pizzas with fresh produce & herbs we get from our farmer friends at Farmer Jon’s Produce in Selkirk, NY and cheeses from R&G Cheesemakers in Cohoes or Palatine Cheese in Nelliston (in the Mohawk Valley). Jon and DJ…

{weekend reading} LOCAL EDITION

FARMERS MARKETS SATURDAYS Albany Central Avenue Farmers Market, Parking Lot of The Linda, 339 Central Avenue, Sat 10-2pm. Brunwick Farmers’ Market, Town Office Rd & Rt 7, Brunswich,  9-1pm Delmar Farmers Market, 332 Kenwood Ave., Bethlehem Middle School, Delmar 9-1pm Glens Falls Farmers Market, South Street Community Park, Glens Falls , 8am – Noon Saratoga…

{weekend reading} LOCAL EDITION

{First Strawberries of the Season, Kilpatrick Family Farm Stand, Wednesday Market} FARMERS MARKETS SATURDAYS Albany Central Avenue Farmers Market, Parking Lot of The Linda, 339 Central Avenue, Sat 10-2pm. Brunwick Farmers’ Market, Town Office Rd & Rt 7, Brunswich,  9-1pm Delmar Farmers Market, 332 Kenwood Ave., Bethlehem Middle School, Delmar 9-1pm Glens Falls Farmers Market,…

{giveaway} and the winner is…

The winner of the $10 gift certificate to the Delmar Farmers Market is… ALEX: “really good, local corn on the cob. that was the first thing that popped into my head. when you bite into one of those perfect ears of corn, especially if you slow roast them over fire…so amazing!” Please stop by the…

{LOCAL GIVEAWAY} Delmar Farmers Market

Paul Tick, Market Manager of the Delmar Farmers Market contacted me about a possible giveaway to celebrate the upcoming opening day of their market, this Saturday June 4th from 9am to 1pm at the Bethlehem Central Middle School, 332 Kenwood Ave. Delmar, NY. I jumped at the chance to do a little something to entice…

{weekend reading} LOCAL EDITION

FARMERS MARKETS SATURDAY Albany Central Avenue Farmers Market, Parking Lot of The Linda, 339 Central Avenue, Sat 10-2pm. Brunwick Farmers’ Market, Town Office Rd & Rt 7, Brunswich,  9-1pm Glens Falls Farmers Market, South Street Community Park, Glens Falls , 8am – Noon Saratoga Farmers Market: High Rock Park Pavilions, High Rock Avenue. 9-1pm Troy…