As you know, I write about local food in Bucks County and nearby. But every so often, something else comes my way that isn’t food-related per se, and I’ve just got to tell people about it.

That’s the case with the 4th Annual Rick Fest, a local music festival happening this Saturday, October 15 in [...]

It’s that time of year again. Pumpkins everywhere! And big boys too, what with all the rain we’ve had.

Milk House Farm Market is running a contest to guess the weight of “Charlie Jr.,” one of their pumpkins. See Betty Cichy’s article in this week’s Intelligencer and Courier Times on Milk House Farm. [...]

What better place to have a party than the Mercer Museum? The Doylestown landmark is known for its early American collection of artifacts and its grand concrete building, all the creation of Henry Chapman Mercer. Now, with the new wing open its even more grand and the setting for the 34th [...]

Despite this spate of warm and muggy weather, it is indeed autumn. As I glance out the window, I see the leaves floating and falling, and my thoughts turn to, well, leaf blowing. No, really. I long for some cool, crisp, bright sunny autumn days. Fortunately, the forecast for this weekend looks promising. Sunny with [...]

We’re back! Mark and I spent all of last week sailing around Penobscot Bay in Downeast Maine. We had a great meal at Chef Melissa Kelly‘s Primo Restaurant in Rockland, one of the pioneers in farm-to-table dining, which included wonderful local oysters, Fig n’ Pig Bruschetta (2 orders, please), salt cod [...]

Let’s just skip talking about the weather, eh?

Moving right along, September is bursting with food activity. Farm to table dinners, wine (and polo), church suppers, firehouse breakfasts and harvest festivals. Here’s a few highlights for the next couple of weeks.

Farm-to-Table Dinners. Check out the calendar for the 2nd annual farm-to-table dinner hosted by [...]

The 1st Annual Nate DeTample Scholarship Fundraiser, featuring a special cooking class by Chef Eben Copple, will take place at the Yardley Inn on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. The cooking class is organized in the memory of Army Pfc. Nathaniel E. DeTample, Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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For the second year in a row, upscale seasonal dishes are being served in the historic barn at Linden Hill Gardens in Ottsville during a series of special chef’s dinners created by Kristin Perry of the Kitchen Potager.

While locally based farm-to-table meals served outdoors have become quite trendy, Perry’s series is the [...]

What a week it has been. When I was last writing the weekly calendar, we were all preparing for a Category 2 hurricane. Thank goodness it weakened and wasn’t as bad as predicted. Unfortunately some folks did lose power for awhile and Mother Nature did a little early fall pruning. Area farms got hit in [...]