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A simple winter salad

By On February 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The interesting thing about eating seasonally and locally is that once you start listening to your body, you realize you don’t really want vegetables only growing in Chile this time of year. The bagged salads one often gets at restaurants now are rather tasteless and somehow feel unnatural. Not to mention the pale pink mealy [...]

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Fresh seafood in Stockton…and Bucks

By On March 4, 2010 · 3 Comments

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 [...]

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Best wings in (Upper) Bucks

By On December 29, 2009 · 3 Comments

Catch this article in last week’s Bucks County Herald about the best wings in Bucks County. Talk about professional jealousy! I admit it!! Granted, wings are, how shall I put it…a specialty all in themselves. Just read their descriptions of what makes a great wing. These guys are pros. My jealousy is mixed with [...]

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Winery Notes: Drink locally

By On November 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Mark and I have become cheerleaders for Bucks County wine. And, yes, we DO know what good wine tastes like. In fact, we are a bit picky about what we drink. I know my New World wines quite well, and have been getting to know the Italians much better. But we’d like all of our [...]

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Fresh Local Corn Sighting

By On July 20, 2009 · 2 Comments

I know I’ve said it before, but it’s really here. Summer, that is. The first local corn is coming in (none of that Su’thun stuff). I know for sure you can get some at None Such Farm Market. Be on the look-out at your local farms and stores, and let me know where [...]

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Tips On Pick-Your-Own Strawberries

By On June 9, 2009 · 1 Comment

It’s a little soggy right now out in our local strawberry fields but the next week or so may be your last chance to eat these wonderful strawberries so get out there as soon as the sun pops back out.

We stopped by Shady Brook Farm on Sunday and I picked up their flyer, “Tips [...]

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More Than A Farm Market

By On May 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Here’s a test. Where can you find all these items?

• All natural bakery items (no preservatives or hydrogenated oils), baked on the premises
• Hormone- and antibiotic-free beef, poultry and pork, raised locally, and sold at a butcher counter
• Fresh organic produce
• Fresh flowers, grown across the street
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'Tis the Season

By On April 25, 2009 · 3 Comments

Nope, not talking about Christmas. Throughout Bucks County, May and June will be filled with the opening of seasonal farm markets. Here’s our rundown.

Weekly markets:

Springtown: Wednesdays from 3  to 6 pm, Springtown Firehouse, 1030 Main Street/Route 212 (begins May 6th) New Hope: Thursdays from 3:30  to 7 pm, New Hope-Solebury High [...]

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Greens in Winter

By On February 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Sitting around the kitchen table, nibbling away on Super Bowl Sunday, a friend shared her desire for fresh, local produce… in winter. “Now?” we said, glancing out the window at the frozen snow. “In Bucks County?”

Not so many years ago, you couldn’t get decent produce in winter. Then they started shipping stuff from Chile [...]

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Photo Gallery: Maximuck's Farm

By On February 19, 2009 · 3 Comments

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