After a satisfyingly lazy afternoon on the beach, here in Westport, Mass., Peggy and I went to the fish market. It was a bare bones kind of operation, but all of the fish and shellfish was glisteningly fresh and abundant. We decided on striped bass. On the way home, we stopped at the farm stand [...]
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Striper
Posted in Seafood, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Andrew Orr, basil pesto on fish, eating locally, foodie locavore, locavore, Orr's Farm, pea greens salad, roving locavore, striped bass recipe, Westport Mass. local food, Westport organic farm, Westport striped bass on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
chard tart
Posted in Baking, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Catsk, Catskills local food, chard, chard recipe, chard tart, New York local food, roving locavore, swiss chard pie, swiss chard tart on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remember what I said about Deborah’s extraordinary vegetarian cooking? She was gracious enough to send me her recipe for Swiss chard tart. Here’s what she says: As for chard tart, tip of the hat to Patricia Wells, from whose recipe this jumps off with a few modifications–it’s actually an olive-oil crust: The crust is l [...]
Blueberry Season!
Posted in Baking, Fruit, Sweet Things on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After spending the weekend driving up and down mountains in the Catskills, crossing rivers with names like Beaverkill and Deepkill, where flyfishermen waded in the sparkling water, and eating a late breakfast at Sweet Sue’s in Phoenicia—a destination breakfast spot for Brooklynites, where we had inch-thick mixed berry pancakes with maple syrup, poppyseed swirled challah [...]
in the Catskills
Posted in Fruit, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, blueberries, Catskills local food, chard recipe, Kenoza Lake food, roving locavore on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re roving through rural New York this long weekend. After driving through the Green Mountains of Vermont, over countless hills and through countless valleys, we came into the Catskills with its countless rivers, having passed through the little towns where my mother’s mother and mother’s father were born and raised—Kingston, Callicoon Center—and where they married [...]
early chanterelles
Posted in Fungi, Wine, tagged Amy Campion, chanterelle recipe, chanterelles, foraging chanterelles, Hanover, locavore, New Hampshire locavore, NH farmers' market, roving locavore, Vermont locavore on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I spotted a forager at the Farmers’ Market in Hanover. He was busy behind another farmer’s stand, borrowing the scale to weigh his haul of early chanterelles. He divvied out the cache of beatifully gouda-colored fungi into straw baskets. $8 each. 6 hours of foraging had yielded six baskets, he told me. I’m sure [...]
On Pork
Posted in Meat, Whimsical, tagged Amy Campion, eat locally, grilled pork chops, local pork, locavore, organic pork, pork chop recipe, roving locavore, Strafford Vermont, Vermont locavore, Vermont pork on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pork chops, like buttercups, are my Proustian objects. At the taste of a chop, especially one brined in cider or served with applesauce, I’m back on Old City Falls Road, at the big yellow house in Strafford, Vermont. Up the steep hill behind the house and barn—a catch-all space housing tools, lumber, a VW bus, [...]
The Hoppy Whistling Pig
Posted in Beer, tagged Amy Campion, Jasper Murdock's, Jasper Murdock's ale, Norwich Inn, Vermont ale, Vermont beer, Vermont Inns, Vermont microbreweries, Vermont pubs, Whistling Pig on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is that some kind of summer-in-Vermont activity for kids? Do you ride it or eat it? Actually, you drink it! It’s a red ale brewed by Jasper Murdock’s at the Norwich Inn, on Main St. in Norwich, Vermont. The microbrewery makes English style ales which are served only in the little pub at the back [...]
Dolce di Chioggia
Posted in Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, beet, beet recipe, Dolce di Chioggia, locavore, organic beets and carrots, roving locavore, Vermont locavore on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a delicious side dish which is also very pretty. These beets are sweet, as their name implies, and decorative, like Victorian stencilling. Slice them horizontally to see the concentric pink and cream circles. These organic beets are from Killdeer Farm. Dolce di Chioggia and Carrots a small side for 4 Slice 8-10 Dolce [...]
In Cloudland
Posted in Meat, tagged Amy Campion, Cloudland Farm, locavore, New Hampshire Vermont farmers, roving locavore, Vermont farm stand, Vermont grass fed beef, Vermont locavore on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We had the most delicious meal last night. Sauteed broccoli raab, beet greens, and green garlic from Killdeer, polenta, and spicy grass fed beef sausages. After our morning with the Jersey cows at Thistle Hill in North Pomfret, Vermont, yesterday, we drove up and down the winding roads and along River Road in search of [...]
Thistle Hill
Posted in Cheese, Dairy, Trends, tagged artisanal cheese, organic cheese, Tarentaise, Thistle Hill Farm, Vermont cheese, Vermont dairies, Vermont farmers' markets on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I spent the morning in the Pomfret, Vermont hills among cows and affable, talkative farmers happy to have me help to spread their gospel: eat locally and sustainably, and preserve the traditions of good food and respect for the land. I’ll save Cloudland Farm for another post, because my visit to Thistle Hill Farm was [...]
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