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A market for all seasons

  The Princeton Farmers Market is continuing its presence in downtown Princeton throughout the wintertime. The winter markets will be inside the Community Room of the Princeton Public Library, every second Thursday of the month–Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, April 14.  The weekly market resumes on May 19th in Hinds Plaza.  See the website for … Continue reading →

Pot Pie from Griggstown Farm

Chicken Pot Pie from Griggstown Farm is delicious and what I call “grownup pot pie.”  That’s because it has grown up vegetables in it, besides the usual peas and carrots. Parsnips, turnips and fennel (and cremini mushrooms) also make an appearance, in a sauce based on chicken stock, not cream. The chicken is from the Farm’s own … Continue reading →

RSA Dinner Series at Tre Piani

Yes, they’re doing Feast of the Seven Fishes at Tre Piani on Christmas Eve, and yes, they are having a shindig on New Year’s Eve, but come spring (and maybe for a holiday gift idea?), get a load of Tre Piani’s new Restaurant Supported Agriculture dinner series during the 2011 growing season.  A series of Friday … Continue reading →

Tre Piani delivers!

Tre Piani saved Thanksgiving for me. I didn’t mean that you can call them and order out (well, you probably could, but you’d likely have to pick it up yourself), but when I woke up sick today (that bronchial thing again!), and couldn’t go to Thanksgiving dinner there with my family, they sent dinner home to … Continue reading →

Family Dinner at Tre Piani

I had dinner with family recently at Tre Piani, my first visit in a while, I blush to admit.  To the left you see a photo (sorry it’s not better) of the entrée that three of the four of us had, lamb from Neptune Farm, an organic farm in south NJ, prepared three ways,  roasted (shoulder … Continue reading →

Jersey Fresh Mozzarella?

Who knew?  Imagine my surprise when I picked up a ball of smoked mozzarella at Wegmans recently and saw a Jersey Fresh Milk label on it.  That is great to see! I was buying the ingredients to make a pizza recipe I was using in my Packet In The Kitchen column for today (10/22), featuring butternut … Continue reading →

Events Galore!

I get so many emails about events, far too many to post about, but every now and then I like to do a “roundup” of what is sitting in my inbox. Two big events are coming up at Mercer County Park. These cultural events bookend the month, with Indian at the beginning and Italian at … Continue reading →

Bzzzz!

Thank you Edible Jersey for reminding me that today is Honey Bee Awareness Day, as proclaimed by the US Department of Agriculture last year.  This year’s theme: “Local Honey – Good for you, the bees, and the environment!” My grandfather kept bees “out back,” so I grew up eating honey and loved to eat warm toast … Continue reading →

Turkey Chili

I recently bought ground turkey at Trader Joe’s. It was shockingly lean, so I had to add olive oil, and then add a little more, as I browned it with the vegetables to make this chili.  Which is fine, of course, I’d rather add olive oil than have a lot of poultry fat in the dish. I … Continue reading →