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. [...]
Warm weather = tasty, cool margaritas.
During the early part of the summer I don’t settle for any margarita — I prefer one made with my strawberry-infused tequila.
Nothing could be easier, really.
The real key is good strawberries — the ones you buy in the store will work but won’t be quite as good as what you [...]
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 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 [...]