by Toni | Nov 23, 2020 | Farmer's Market, Green Decisions, Let's Eat
A few weeks ago, I was chatting it up with my friend Jane—that’s Jane Zappia the proprietor of Pop’s Pies—as we were on our way to see one of our favorite farmers, Bruce Haas, the owner of Daydream Farm in Greenville, IL. We were almost giddy...
by Toni | Oct 24, 2020 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Vegetables
Everybody knows by now that I love fall and winter squash—just about any kind, from pumpkins (that are food not decorations) to butternuts. And by far, my favorite is delicata, which until recently could only be gotten at the farmers markets. The grocery stores are so...
by Toni | Jul 29, 2020 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Live Green, Vegetables
If you keep up with this blog, you’ve learned by now that I am the veggie lover and my husband Don is the meat lover. We do cross paths on occasion—I am a strong believer in quality bone broth as part of my healthy winter regime, and Don eats (for the most part and...
by Toni | Jun 29, 2020 | Be Simple, Farmer's Market, Let's Eat
While I count ice cream among my top 10 favorite desserts—pretty close to number one, in fact—nothing beats a fruity sorbet on a hot summer day. It is sweet, clean, light and cooling to the entire body. I have never met a sorbet I didn’t love, including...
by Toni | Jun 19, 2020 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Vegetables
Carrots are, perhaps, one of the most familiar and popular of vegetables. Maybe the first veggie you ever ate—I do recall carrot sticks with cheese whiz….oh my. But carrots can be sort of scarce at farmers markets. You can find them, to be sure, but carrots take...
by Toni | Oct 29, 2019 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat
Pears are as comfy cozy on your dinner table as they are on your dessert table–especially the hard green and gold speckled pears I bought up this fall at the Goshen Community Market, which were wonderful in baked goods, like my Vanilla Spiced Pear Muffins, and...