Bucks County Taste

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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Yessiree, it’s that time again. Purim is here! Purim is a fun, almost carnival-like holiday, celebrating the Jews narrow escape from extermination in long ago Persia. (What can I say? It’s been thousands of years of persecution; at least we make a holiday of it.) The holiday starts at sundown this Saturday and goes through Sunday. [...]

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Well, that’s not the official name but it might as well be. As the snow came down fast and furious yesterday, Mark and I cooked up a batch of BIGOS, or Hunter’s Stew. It’s a bit of prep time (chopping, browning the meat) but then everything goes into the pot, and the pot goes into [...]

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by guest blogger Elisabeth Villarroel
It has been a cold, windy, and even a little bit snowy week in Bucks County; perfect if you like winter! And perfect weather for soup. My mom sent us a Weight Watchers recipe for green soup a few weeks ago, which inspired us to make our own version of green [...]

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by guest blogger Rich Baringer
I always find it interesting to reach into the past to illuminate the present. Rich Baringer, our blogging personal chef, has done just that, sharing how the Pennsylvania Dutch have influenced so many Christmas and year-end traditions. Here are some excerpts from an article published in The Bucks County Herald this week [...]

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We’re a week ahead of all of you. Since my sister and brother were visiting last week, and the whole Goldman clan was in one time zone, we had Thanksgiving last Friday. It was a blast. But kind of weird. Needless to say, we’re all feeling a little smug this week as everyone else is [...]

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by guest blogger Susan Sprague Yeske
Autumn means more than pumpkins at Bucks County farms and farm markets; it also means a parade of apples that change weekly, each with its own personality and flavor.
With enticing names such as Zestar, Honey Crisp, Cortland, Macoun, Mutsu, Keepsake, Gala, Fuji, Jonagold, Jonathan, Empire, McIntosh, Winesap, Stayman, Cameo, Sun [...]

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by guest blogger Rich Baringer
The warmth of this soup is in the temperature – and the chiles. Perfect for a brisk, autumn day.
On October 10th, Blooming Glen Farm held a Fall Festival for their members. It was a beautiful, breezy (OK, windy) fall day to celebrate all the bounty that the autumn harvest brings.
 
Kids had [...]

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It’s a beautiful, cool day here in Wycombe. Instead of working at the computer, I’m thinking of “putting up” veggies and fruit. Found this nice Web site by the Penn State Cooperative Extension that has lots of tips on freezing, canning and preserving our Bucks County bounty (http://foodsafety.psu.edu/lets_preserve.html). Check out the boards at Chowhound , [...]

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by guest blogger Rich Baringer
Rich Baringer, our “on-staff” personal chef, has been doing cooking demonstrations this summer at the Blooming Glen Farm, a local community supported agriculture farm, in Blooming Glen. Last week he whipped up this delicious meal for an enthusiastic group of local cooks.
 
With all the wonderful tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash and herbs available, [...]

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