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Local foodie gifts: Cookbooks & aprons

By On December 6, 2010 · 3 Comments

‘Tis the season to buy lots of fun gifts for all your favorite cooks! All this week and next, I’m going to do posts on great, local gifts for the foodies in your life. Let’s start today with aprons and cookbooks.

Whenever I’m cooking, I’m constantly washing and wiping my hands…and [...]

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Local shopping: 7th Annual Holiday Trunk Show

By On December 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Opportunities abound to buy your gifts locally this year. Stop by Network Now’s 7th Annual Holiday Trunk Show this Thursday, December 2 from 7 – 10 pm at the site of the future Bucks County Children’s Museum, Union Square, New Hope. All door proceeds and raffle/auction sales will [...]

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A tisket, a tasket…a lovely gift basket

By On November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I’m making a gift basket and here is what I’m putting in it…and where you can get these items too!

First, I’ll start with a beautiful hand-made basket by Martha Malford-Dreswick. You can see Martha at the Stockton Farmers’ Market every weekend, quietly weaving her baskets of all sizes and [...]

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Getting fresh with turkeys

By On November 23, 2010 · 1 Comment

Tomorrow is cooking day. Hopefully I will be able to fit everything in the fridge including a 12-15 lb. turkey which I’ll pick up tonight. This is all my way of saying you may not hear from me for a few days, between cooking, eating, and company. This weekend we also celebrate my parents’ 60th [...]

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Bucks Food Calendar: November 19, 2010 – Thanksgiving

By On November 19, 2010 · 1 Comment

AGGH! Thanksgiving is next week! There. Got that out of my system.

Not to worry. Not only can you buy lots of the ingredients you’ll need for the festive occasion locally, you can get someone else to do the cooking too. See our post, 2010 – Going out for Thanksgiving [...]

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Favorite Thanksgiving Dishes

By On November 10, 2010 · 7 Comments

Doing a quick survey…please comment below.

What are your favorite Thanksgiving dishes, including family favorites and “new” recipes?

Also, do you have favorite local sources where you buy the ingredients for these dishes?

Thanks!

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2010 – Going out for Thanksgiving in Bucks

By On November 9, 2010 · 8 Comments

This post has been updated for 2011. Click 2011 – Going out for Thanksgiving in Bucks for more info.

So. Thanksgiving. You’re tired. And no one else in the family wants to do it. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. You can go out for Thanksgiving instead of making it [...]

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Fresh turkeys in Bucks – 2010

By On November 4, 2010 · 5 Comments

Please note: there is an updated version of this post for 2011. Click here to go to it.

Halloween is over. You know what time it is now. Thanksgiving time! I’m already getting lots of hits (reads) of my posts from last year on where to get a local turkey [...]

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A ghoulish way to eat your vegetables

By On October 27, 2010 · 1 Comment

Couldn’t resist this one! In honor of Halloween, a healthy but fun way to get the kids (and adults) to eat broccoli. Got this recipe via the Pennypack Farm & Education Center newsletter, as submitted by Lisa Hansell. The original recipe is by Matthew Mead, via epicurious.com. Enjoy your “gruel!”

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Not just for carving

By On October 17, 2010 · 2 Comments

by guest blogger Rich Baringer

When I was a kid, my grandfather, who was quite the farmer, would always make personalized pumpkins for me, my sister and our cousins. When the pumpkin was very small, he would use a pen knife to carve our names and a little picture—by just slightly scoring the [...]

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Getting ready for Thanksgiving

By On October 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Okay. Don’t freak out. I know it’s not even Halloween. I’m not one of those folks who puts out the decorations two months ahead of time. But I am starting to get emails about ordering Thanksgiving turkeys from local producers and noticing that people are starting to search for “Thanksgiving” related topics, [...]

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Bucks Food Calendar: June 18th, 2010

By On June 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment

It’s been too beautiful to sit at the computer the last two days, so I’ve been a bit of a laggard. I spent this morning cleaning up the yard and planting some new herbs I got yesterday from Chuck Rekemeier, who owns Town & Country Greenhouses in Pineville. Chuck’s greenhouse is on Fairview Farm, out [...]

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Mom in the kitchen, and in your cooking

By On May 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

How did your mother influence your cooking?

I know I mention my mom from time to time here in the blog, and she’s definitely “in the kitchen” with me a lot – in my thoughts, in my techniques and, certainly, in my recipes. My sister and I both have a BIG binder of copied [...]

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Where to eat for Mom’s Day

By On May 6, 2010 · 3 Comments

I know I’ve been remiss in not pulling together a list of places you can go on Mother’s Day (like our Going out for Easter and Going out for Thanksgiving posts). It’s been a very busy week, and we have company staying too. Both of those posts, however, are a good starting [...]

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Passover 5770-2010

By On March 29, 2010 · 3 Comments

The kitchen is ready – or as ready as it’s going to be considering that I am still nursing this cold. I’ve cleaned out the refrigerator, brought up the Passover dishes and food, and we’re now in official Passover mode. No more bread, or pizza, or buffalo chicken egg rolls. Poised to celebrate this eight-day holiday that [...]

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