August’s peach pie contest at the award-winning West Windsor Community Farmers Market was such a hit that they’re reprising it with an apple pie contest on Saturday, October 11. Amateur bakers only and pre-registration is required. To register, for more details and rules, please email wwcfm@yahoo.com. Pies are due at the market at 10:30am with judging … Continue reading
Dorothea’s House surely represents the best of Princeton. It was founded as a living memorial to Dorothea van Dyke McLane, a volunteer social worker who assisted Princeton’s newly arrived Italian immigrants in the early 1900s. (They likely included my maternal grandparents; I still have the deed to their house on Pine St. which they bought for … Continue reading
Pet charity alert! I have been a fan of Mercer Street Friends and their Food Bank ever since they were one of the beneficiaries of Princeton’s annual Taste of the Nation. I volunteered with Taste for many years, and while we don’t have that event in our area any more, my family and friends have gotten into … Continue reading
Time flies and summer is gone! Finito! 86’d! (Okay, not technically until Sept. 22, but still…) Ironically, the first week of September brought our first real heat wave of the summer with high humidity to match temperatures in the high eighties-90° range. UGH! The better weather today made me feel like a kid out of … Continue reading
Come to Thursday’s Literacy Readathon at the Princeton Public Library and hear yours truly read three short poems about food. I’m on at 1:10pm, and just before me, at 1:00pm, you can also hear my colleague Pat Tanner read! Really, how lucky can you get? AND, you can enjoy the Princeton Farmer’s Market on Hinds Plaza that … Continue reading
I just got an email from Slow Food USA about National Farmers Market week which starts on Sunday. I’ve posted that information on the Slow Food Central New Jersey website, and am pasting in below a very nice recipe that was in the same email. Bon Appétit! What’s Cooking… Grilled Zucchini with Salsa Verde By … Continue reading
It’s that wonderful time of year when our local farmers markets prepare to open. The West Windsor Community Farmers Market (WWCFM) starts its 11th season on May 3rd; it runs through to November 22 (rain or shine!), on Saturdays 9:00am-1:00pm. A new market at Forrestal Village debuts on June 6, on the plaza outside of Tre Piani. Princeton Forrestal … Continue reading
Free to a good home, as spied on lower Merritt Lane in Rocky Hill a short time ago. Somehow I restrained myself from trying to fit it in my car! I tweeted this too, calling it Easy Bake, but then I looked it up on Amazon.
While the fields lie fallow, there’s still plenty of activity for locavores in our area. The Princeton Farmer’s Market continues inside the Princeton Public Library, one Thursday each month, offering both food and crafts. And the Slow Food Central New Jersey Winter Farmers Markets continue on January 11 (at Tre Piani) and February 8 (at … Continue reading
Visions of sugar plums may run through some people’s heads at night, but for others of us, it’s more likely to be truffles, or pork belly, or who knows what gourmet treat. Of course, I can’t remember ever having a sugar plum, so maybe this is not surprising. Now that could be a good culinary project … Continue reading
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