Posted in Events, Markets, Restaurants on Mar 5th, 2010
It was a cold and overcast day when I stopped by Peter Sliwka’s booth at the New Hope Farmers’ Market last November. “You have to taste this honey,” said Susan Pierson, the market’s manager. No arm-twisting needed. I’ve become a fan of local, raw, unprocessed honey ever since I heard it might help with my [...]
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Posted in Markets, Recipes on Mar 4th, 2010
While you are perusing this week’s Bucks County Herald, make sure you also read Diana Cercone’s piece, Farmers’ market provides the freshest seafood, about Metropolitan Seafood, the fish monger at the Stockton Farmers’ Market.
Diana interviewed owner Mark Drabich of Metropolitan Seafood, and got some good tips on buying and cooking seafood.
What should consumers look for when [...]
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Posted in Events, Markets, Other Places, Tweets on Feb 19th, 2010
Food events in Bucks County this weekend – fish frys, firehouse breakfasts, wine tastings and more http://bit.ly/9aW33I
Look for Bucks County Taste on Facebook and Twitter too!
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Posted in Markets, Tweets on Feb 15th, 2010
Stockton Market was crazy busy on Sunday. Yahoo! To see a complete list of vendors, see http://bit.ly/daimkB
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Posted in Events, Markets, Restaurants on Jan 29th, 2010
It may be cold, and it may still be winter for awhile (unless the groundhog tells us differently next week), but there are still lots of reasons to leave home and eat this weekend.
For starters, The Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival, now in it’s 12th year is in full swing. I won’t go into great detail – see [...]
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Posted in Farms, Markets on Jan 14th, 2010
There’s a new market in town!
The Stockton Market happens every weekend and includes many of the vendors you’ve come to know and love at area farmers’ markets. The difference? A cozy indoor venue.
As soon as we walked in last Sunday, from a sunny but cold day, The Coffee Scoop’s coffee urns welcomed us with their [...]
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Posted in Markets on Jan 14th, 2010
A lot of folks stop thinking farm markets during the winter but we are fortunate here in Bucks County to have several open year-round. Shady Brook Farm, The Market at Delaware Valley College, Tanner Bros. and None Such Market Farm Market are just a few. Even Traugers in Kintersville is still open, as well as some [...]
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Mark suggested we each do a “My Favorite Posts of 2009″ piece. Why not? Everyone else does a summary at year end. And since it coincides pretty closely with our first full year publishing Bucks County Taste, it also felt right.
So I started skimming over our articles, month-by-month, starting back in November 2008. Hmmn. Like [...]
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I have to admit something. Just a couple of weeks ago I was worried that food events were going to slow down towards the holidays. I know that seems counter-intuitive – I mean, sometimes that seems the main activity this time of year – but not a lot was showing up for the calendar. But, [...]
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Posted in Events, Farms, Markets on Dec 1st, 2009
Interested in sourcing your holiday gifts locally too this year? Check out two events this week that aim to help you do just that.
This Wednesday, December 2nd, the Bucks County Foodshed Alliance is sponsoring their 1st Annual Local Farms Holiday Event. Over sixteen farmers and producers from the Wrightstown, New Hope and Lower Makefield Farmers’ Markets [...]
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