If it’s early August, its salsa time in Kansas, and the Lawrence Farmers Market put salsa and its makers on display Saturday. Ambitious market coordinator Mercedes Taylor-Puckett organized not only salsa-making presentations by three Lawrence chefs, but also a competition open to market patrons. And she did it on what turned out to be the […]
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Hot-hot-hot! Salsas and temps sizzle at market
August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Farmers markets, Food preparation, local food
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Corn, tomatoes highlight midsummer meal
August 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Farmers markets, local food
Some highlights of last night’s dinner with friends. Sweet corn at its fresh and local peak. Three kinds of pasture-raised meat (beef, goat, lamb) cooked over a fire fueled with wood from the same property. Homemade coffee ice cream with chocolate chunks. Fruit salad made entirely of fruit from friends’ farm. The fruits included plums, […]
Roundup: Meat, meet and eat
May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Meat, meet and eat · Farmers markets, Food in the news, Food preparation, local food, Roundup
Meaty treats. Join ranchers and Local Burger maven Hilary Brown 8 a.m.-10 a.m. this Saturday (May 24) at the Lawrence Farmers Market for Local Meat: It’s what’s for dinner! With Hilary at the grill (and doing some advance prep, too), market visitors can sample a variety of local meats. At a volunteer meeting last week, […]
Still chillin’ at the farmers market
May 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Farmers markets, General
Winter coats and hats were the norm yesterday morning at the Lawrence Farmers Market, where a remarkable number of hardy farmers and customers shivered their way through a morning. Temperature at opening was 43 degrees with 17 mph winds, according to the National Weather Service. The sun was out, but it couldn’t do enough to […]
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5 ideas for using your mesclun
May 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Cooking tips, Farmers markets, Healthy eating, local food
This week’s Rolling Prairie Farmer’s Alliance distribution included a big bag of mesclun. Oh, it’s pretty stuff, all those little bright green leaves with touches of purple and red here and there. It’s grown here by the Wakarusa Valley Farm (which finally has a website; yea!). But you may wonder what to do with it. […]
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Roundup: CSAs in area listed
April 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: CSAs in area listed · Farmers markets, Food in the news, Roundup
It’s a short roundup after a long hiatus, but an interesting bunch, if I may say so. CSA listing. Don’t know how I missed it last month, but anyone in the area interested in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs may find this roundup in the Kansas City Star’s food pages helpful. Head of cattle. You’ve […]
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