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West Windsor Community Farmers Market opens May 2

West Windsor Community Farmers Market opens May 2

They’re baaaack! Held every Saturday from 9:00am-1:00pm, rain or shine, the West Windsor Community Farmers Market (WWCFM) is proud to kick off its twelfth season on Saturday, May 2. (The last one is on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.)  From their release: With 15 farms and 11 artisan food and natural product vendors, the Market is well known for … Continue reading

Happy 45th Birthday to Whole Earth Center

Happy 45th Birthday to Whole Earth Center

Visit the Whole Earth Center on April 18 for their Earth Day-Birthday 45 Celebration, 11:00am to 4:00pm Earth Day 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Whole Earth Center. They’ll have a day of great music, tasty local foods, and terrific sales and prizes. Come spend an hour—or hang out for the … Continue reading

Winter Farmers Market this Sunday at Tre Piani

Winter Farmers Market this Sunday at Tre Piani

Here’s the scoop on the last two Slow Food Central New Jersey’s “Eat Slow” Winter Farmers Markets. And if you’re afraid you might have “market withdrawal” after March 14, take heart – the West Windsor Community Farmers Market opens up for the summer season on May 2! In collaboration with the organizers of the West Windsor Community Farmers … Continue reading

Grits and Greens

Grits and Greens

Even though I’ve resolved to avoid approaching food as medicine, I know I need to get more fruit and vegetables into my diet. I was off to a good start with the vegetables last fall, but then, as the cold and dark closed in, I got lazy, and started hitting the carbs more instead. Bad … Continue reading

Storm Food for Snowmageddon

Storm Food for Snowmageddon

Twitter is aflutter with amusing tweets about stocking up with groceries for the coming storm. Are you ready for Snowmageddon? What are your favorite things to eat or drink during a blizzard? (Don’t even think about losing power, in which case all bets are off!) One woman said she’d sent her husband to the supermarket and … Continue reading

Slow Food/WWCFM Indoor Market this Saturday

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