Jeremy Stanton’s Meat Market, near me in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, brings the Berkshires up to date by showcasing the local food movement’s latest push beyond produce to include local, humanely raised animals, bred for flavor rather than bulk. Guiltlessly devour their meat sandwiches for lunch. And, don’t miss the coolest chicken dinner in the Berkshires […]
What’s in the issue? Let’s Cook! *My December Holiday Cooking Class *Thanksgiving Recipes, Tips and Free Meals Local and Regional Food News *Food to Compost, a Green Harvest Festival *”It Takes a Region” Conference *Farm to School for Tots *Berkshire Grown Holiday Farmers Markets *Locavore Award More Food For Fun *3 Local Food Improvisations […]
What’s up in August? Weekend Locavore Way Workshop — August 26-28. I’m teaching a Kripalu Retreat weekend workshop in Lenox Massachusetts in the Berkshires. Cooking lessons, farm visit, tastings and more. Feel free to contact me if you have questions or call Kripalu at 1-800-741-7353 Talk and Book Signing — August 31, 7 pm, Worthington, […]
(Photo by Caroline Alexander of Berkshire Food Journal) Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. — Garrison Keillor Finally, local corn has arrived. The season’s painfully short, so be sure to eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so it’s firmly planted in your taste memory until next year. I like […]
Below the Recipe This Weekend Join me! Spring Tonic at the Lenox Library Project Native Film Festival in Great Barrington More Recipes with Goat Cheese Feeding the World without Destroying it Susan Sellew of Rawson Brook Farm with her baby goats. (Photo from Berkshire Food Journal) The Recipe Early spring. This is the first time […]
Local Food News Below It’s Maple Month! Recipes Using Maple Syrup An Oral History of Girlhood and a New England Farm More about Maple Syrup My niece Sadie, third generation pudding lover, who knows to keep blowing and eat it warm! (See her savor it below.) The Recipe I come by pudding adoration naturally. It’s […]
Food News Below More about Potatoes Ted Dobson of Equinox Farm Talks about Farming Berkshire Kripalu Community Talk and Book Signing “Changing the Way We Eat”big TED event now online American Farmland Trust’s Planning Agriculture Guide The recipe Cute is not my thing. I ripped the bows off my party dresses as a kid, and […]
Valentine’s Day Locavore Cooking Class New Facebook Farmers Market Grassfed Beef Conference This Week (See below for details) Imagine life without onions, so essential to the Indian diet that there were riots when their price spiked. Here they’re a winter staple for their price, flavor and longevity. Pretty in pink, pickled onions are divine in […]
Heaven’s when diner food meets local eggs, roots and bacon. This local food combo was born of culinary desperation and cabin fever. After two days trapped in the house by ice and snow, I scavenged for supplies. Luckily I had some of my winter CSA* farm share was left. The hash of roots topped with poached eggs […]
I assembled this soup with the winter roots on hand, while snow dressed the trees outside my kitchen window — a warm hug in a white world. Serves 8 1 or 2 potatoes, preferably waxy (1-1/2 cups diced) 1 celery root, about 1 pound (1-1/2 cups diced) 2 parsnips (1 cup diced) 5 garlic cloves […]
USDA approved school-tested local food recipes and a supplement for educators.
