One woman's quest to buy local and eat healthy.
Posted in Cooking, Focus on local, Markets on Jul 7th, 2010
Cherry season is here and I’m using cherries in a variety of ways, although I have to admit that sorbets and ice creams are the easiest and most fun.
What’s great about working at the farmers market is that folks have so many different ways they use cherries, just eating them right out of the container [...]
Posted in Focus on local, Markets on Jun 10th, 2010
That’s pretty much the most popular question I get during the Saturday farmers market.
As all the yummy tomatoes and peaches grow and ripen in the fields, we sell herbs, tomatoes, peppers and a lot of pretty plants to fill the excruciatingly painful gap. Yes, it’s hard to wait for all the good stuff to arrive. [...]
Posted in Focus on local, Markets, Vendors on May 15th, 2010
Wow. Two very quick Saturdays down at the Reston Farmers Market. Hard to believe how fast the week has flown. Seems like just yesterday my deck was piled with 3 feet of snow.
Now it’s covered with tomato, basil, rosemary and lettuce plants. Ahhh, much better.
The market and even our stand got some local publicity [...]
Posted in Focus on local, Markets, Vendors on May 6th, 2010
Hello everyone, I’m so sorry for my lapse in posts but it’s time — farmers market time. So it’s time to wake up those taste buds and get busy eating fresh, local food.
As we’ve moved from the Snowmaggedon of winter to the warm breezes, bright sunshine and, well, yeah … pollen of spring, my taste [...]
Posted in Cooking, Focus on local on Mar 16th, 2010
I grew up eating a comforting chicken dinner most Sundays. I remember asking my mom, “What’s for dinner?” and frequently hearing, “Chicken.” “Oh,” would usually be my response. Now, as a grownup (a relative term) I’m finding there’s more to just sticking a chicken in the oven with a couple of potatoes. Cooking chicken is [...]
Posted in Focus on local on Mar 14th, 2010
Besides the promise of massive snowstorms, (I can laugh now … sort of) there’s a growing number of benefits to living in the Washington, D.C. area when it comes to buying locally grown fruits, vegetables and meats.
Farmers markets are growing in popularity and while farmers and growers usually haul their own goods, there’s at least [...]
Posted in Focus on local on Mar 6th, 2010
I just ran across this Washington Post article from the end of January reminding folks to sign up for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs. These are located in the Washington, D.C. area. Go to www.localharvest.org for CSAs in your area. Local harvest includes a nationwide list.
I haven’t gone back through the list provided to [...]
Posted in Focus on local on Mar 4th, 2010
Yes, I’m reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan (for those of you way ahead of me on that count) a book that explores the who, what, where, when, why and how of our food chain from the industrial complex to the simply complex, where one farmer moves his animals and crops so they work [...]
Posted in Focus on local, Markets on Feb 22nd, 2010
There’s a question mark because 45 degrees and sunny seemed almost springlike this weekend. I even opened a couple of windows on Sunday and it wasn’t frigid or snowing.
Winter’s grip seems eternal at the moment.
Yet going to a farmers market amid mountains of snow — on a sunny day with clear blue skies — can [...]
Posted in Focus on local, Markets, Vendors on Feb 9th, 2010
Technically I’m a newbie to farmers markets – you could call me a “swooper” – I’d swoop in, check out a few stalls and swoop out, probably without talking to anyone or buying much of anything.
While I was captivated by the gorgeous and prodigious amounts of colorful produce, cheeses, fresh eggs, breads and meats, I [...]