Take a look at these simmering vegetable. Six or seven months from now, I will need to remember how gorgeous they look here in mid February. More important, I need to remember how wonderful they taste. I’ll need to remember, because when the market and CSA are overflowing with produce, it’s so easy to buy […]
Entries Tagged as 'Farmers markets'
Winter ‘harvest’ yields glorious dish
February 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Farmers markets, local food
Market’s closed, but local food still available
November 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Market’s closed, but local food still available · Farmers markets, local food
Yes, though I’m sad that my regular local food suppliers (Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance and the Lawrence Farmers Market) are closed for the season, that doesn’t mean local food is at an end. You can catch multiple vendors at the following markets: Nov. 22-23, Holiday Open House at Pendleton’s Country Market. The Pendletons will be […]
Farmers market season ends…mostly
November 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Farmers markets, Food selection, local food
Today was my last chance to take advantage of the local bounty at the Lawrence Farmers Market—at least until the holiday market—and take advantage I did. I bought all I could carry the half-mile or so home and spent $28.50. And what a haul! The take included 2 good-sized butternut squash, three carnival squash, 10 […]
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Ugly’s only skin deep when it comes to apples
October 20th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Farmers markets, Food selection, local food
Would you pay more for an apple if it was produced with fewer chemicals? Probably not if it’s ugly, according to a paper by Chengyan Yue, Helen H. Jensen and others at Iowa State University. But maybe you’d reconsider if you knew that ugly apples can taste great. Take this apple, for instance. From the […]
Applooza loads me with apples, and I like it!
October 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Farmers markets, local food
Applooza came to the Lawrence Farmers Market last weekend, and what a treat! Apples, apples and more apples burdened the vendors’ tables, and former market apple mainstay Laurie Walters answered questions under the market tent where 18 varieties of apple (by my count) were available for tasting. Walters (in red sweater) talks apples. I tried […]
Apples, apples, apples, and thank goodness
September 26th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Farmers markets, Food selection, local food
The common wisdom is that the fruit trees in this region are making up this year for last year’s noncrop. Apple trees are no exception, sending out vast amounts of fruit, just as the pear trees and cherry trees and raspberry brambles did this year. Sample apples My first 2008 apples, as you may recall, […]