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Slow Food/WWCFM Indoor Market this Saturday
There’s another cozy Indoor Market this Saturday, details are below, and please note the addition of a fifth market on March 1, at Tre Piani Restaurant on Rockingham Row at Forrestal Village. (The others are all at the Johnson Education Center.) January 10, 10:00am-2:00pm D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Johnson Education Center (drgeenway.org) One Preservation Place, Off … Continue reading
Slow Food Winter Markets Start December 13 at D&R Greenway
Here’s some great news! This is the tenth year of the “Eat Slow” Winter Farmers Markets, and now they are co-organized by Slow Food Central New Jersey and the West Windsor Community Farmers Market. There will be FOUR of them, all in the same location, the D&R Greenway in Princeton. The first market kicks off … Continue reading
Mmmm Mmmm Good!
Congratulations to Megan Hodges who was the winner of yesterday’s apple pie contest at the West Windsor Community Farmers Market. The second place winner, Liz Scafa presented a pie with a really good crumb crust, and third place went to Pammie Wagner, who made a pretty lattice crust for her entry. What made Megan Hodges’ … Continue reading
Calling all home bakers – test your apple pie mettle on October 11
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
National Farmers Market Week August 3-9
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
Terhune Orchards Just Peachy Festival – Summer Harvest Tastings
Yay for New Jersey Peaches! Here’s some information from Terhune Orchards about their peachy tastings this weekend: “Summer Harvest” Farm-to-Fork tasting featuring local chefs using Terhune Orchards produce and locally sourced ingredients to prepare recipes for visitors to sample. Enjoy the bounty of the summer! August 2 & 3, 12pm -4pm or while supplies last … Continue reading
June’s Best Bites – and Happy Fourth of July!
I was a busy bee in late May and June, cramming in several lunches and dinners out, plus some cooking at home, before the worst of summer’s heat puts me in relative “lockdown” at home – I have a real problem, since I was a pre-teen, with East coast heat and humidity in the summer, as in fainting … Continue reading
String Cheese from Fulper Farms
I am turning into my father. Well, culinarily speaking, that is. He loved the classic Armenian snack of cucumber and string cheese. First, the cucumber. The cucumber used to be from his garden, then in later years, from the grocery store or farmers market. I just love the small, tender Persian cucumbers I find at Trader Joe’s, … Continue reading
Farmers Markets Galore
Area farmers markets either have started up, or will soon. Here’s the latest from the West Windsor Market, below. Princeton Farmers Market is also in full swing each Thursday, 11am-4pm, on Hinds Plaza, and Montgomery’s runs 9am-1pm Saturdays starting June 7, and through Oct 25. Also, the new Forrestal Friday Market starts up on June 6, and … Continue reading
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