by Toni | May 25, 2021 | Be Simple, Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Live Green
It never fails: I’m standing in line at the farmers market when the person in front of me politely asks the vendor to “please cut all those leaves off my beets/turnips/carrots/fennel (you choose) before I put them in my bag.” Sigh. What are they thinking?!! It’s as if...
by Toni | Apr 20, 2021 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Live Green
April is a busy month for me. I focus on clearing out the deep freeze in anticipation of the opening of my farmers market and using up any straggling, gotta-go stored veggies. Last year, for instance, I had one lonely jar of lemongrass stock still in the freezer. It...
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...
