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 | Jun 28, 2019 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Vegetables
I know that I go on and on about the Goshen Community Market on this blog. You’d think I never went anywhere else in town. There are, however, other community events in Edwardsville that are favorites of mine—especially St. Andrews Church Used Book Fair. It happens...
by Toni | Jun 19, 2016 | Farmer's Market, Green Decisions, Let's Eat, Vegetables
Patty pan squash just makes me smile. They look like sunny little flying saucers, and they taste like summer in a skillet. Their flavor is delicate but with a bit more personality than zucchini, I think. They come closer to crookneck summer squash in flavor, but,...