{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION

So.Many.Good.Links.Start.Reading.Now.It.Will.Take.You.All.Week. Enjoy. -Christina THIS WEEK IN FOOD Ohhhh Bittman. I love you. He reveals on his NYTIMES Opinionator Column why he is currently fasting…On his NYTimes blog he shares some of his fasting experience, Link-love on Hunger, Poverty & Budget Cuts and finally, his thoughts on Hunger as a Disease. Wonderful, wonderful pieces. Sooo if…

{weekend reading} LOCAL EDITION

WINTER FARMERS MARKETS: SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm unless otherwise noted. Five weekends left indoors until the outdoor markets and Wednesday markets return… We can do this folks- Just a little bit longer… In addition, I’ve added the Empire State Plaza Winter Market! Empire State Plaza Market, Concourse Level at the bus turn across from McDonald’s, Albany. WEDNESDAYS…

{Dark Days} Week 17: The Squash Challenge

Editor’s Note: This is the 17th week of a 19-week challenge, Dark Days, a pledge taken by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as sustainable, organic, local and ethical possible. For Dianna’s last meal, she explains Kilpatrick Family Farm’s CSA process while expressing some rutabagas and squash “angst” and share…

{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION*

NEWS/COMMENTARY/COLUMNS- all food all the time A great story on NPR this week on year-round growing featuring my friend Georgia and her husband Zach, owners of Tree & Leaf Farm in Unionville, VA. They sell to restaurants and at the Dupont Circle farmer’s market in DC. Congrats! Mark Bittman turns on the positivity this week…

{Welcome Spring} A Run & Burritos

Sunday was a beautiful day.  I decided to make the most of it and headed outside with C-man and our trusty dog, Georgia.  I was due for a training run, as I’m running the Suntrust National Half Marathon on March 26th, so what better day to try out the jogging stroller along with the dog….

{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION

{The Produce Project, Capital District Community Gardens, Troy, NY} NEWS The news from Japan keeps getting worse, two stories broke on Saturday about Japan’s food supply. The first, high levels of radioactivity found in the food supply 90 miles from troubled nuclear plant. Immediately following the announcement, fear spread that the “brand” of Japan’s food…

{weekend reading} LOCAL EDITION

WINTER MARKETS: SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm unless otherwise noted. Glens Falls Winter Market, Christ Church United, 54 Bay Street, Glens Falls , 9am – Noon (through April) Saratoga Farmers Market: Division Street Elementary School, 220 Division Street. (through April) Schenectady Greenmarket: inside Proctors, State Street, (10am-2pm SUNDAY, through April) Troy Farmers Market: Uncle Sam Atrium, Broadway @…

{dark days} Week 15: Lux Grilled Cheese

Editor’s Note: We are taking a break from our St. Patrick’s Day theme week for our Dark Days Challenge entry. This is the 15th week of a 19-week challenge, Dark Days, a pledge taken by 88 blogs spanning the country, to eat one meal a week as sustainable, organic, local and ethical possible. Honestly, these…

The Ever Versatile {Bean Salad}

{thinking of summer} Last weekend I attended a “planning meeting” for the Ragnar Relay Race New York that I’m running with fellow club member, Amanda, and 10 running friends (that’s a team of 12!). The race is a 200 mile running relay event starting in Bethel, where 12-man teams run day and night, relay style,…

{St. Patrick’s Day} Recipe Link Love

Two days until the official holiday is upon us… Erica started us off on the right foot with her maternal grandmother’s Irish Soda Bread I took on a 7-day project of brining my own brisket for corned beef and made Molly Steven’s braised cabbage dish. Oh, and made a mustard that knocked my socks off….

{St. Patrick’s Day} in the spirit w/ guinness floats

Editor’s Note: For our last St. Patrick’s Day themed post, Alexis has a delicious way for the 21 & older crowd to get into the spirit of the holiday. – Christina No better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the thousands-year-old Irish tradition of Guinness Floats!  Ok, so maybe the Irish haven’t been making…

{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION

NEWS I’m gonna start with the only really “big” food story of the week; the UN report that I mentioned yesterday that states that the myth that only Big AG can feed the world is bullocks. The UN Right to Food Report in PDF format. Grist has a commentary. Bittman concentrated on the subject this…

{weekend reading} LOCAL EDITION

{fog #1} EVENTS TODAY: noon-3pm. CSA Fair at The Atrium {current location of Troy Farmers Market} come ask farmers all your CSA-related questions and sign up! I will be there, located at the Kilpatrick Family Farm table to answer questions from the CSA-member perspective. Saratoga Springs’ Restaurant Week is almost upon us! Albany.com: “The Second…

{know your farmer} Join a CSA?

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…

{St. Patrick’s Day} green macaroni

We fall into the “mutt” category in our family…Irish is in there, but not enough to really call myself Irish. So, aside from throwing on a green shirt each year, I’ve never really given much thought to St. Patrick’s Day. Until my smarty-pants three-year-old asked me what we will do for St. Patty’s this year….