Locavore odds and ends: One month to go!
2010 April 2
I got an e-mail from the Collingswood Farmers Market yesterday reminding me that the opening of the market is only one month away. May 1 is a Saturday this year, and since the market always begins on the first Saturday of May, it opens as early as it possibly can this year. I’m so excited!
The boys have off from school most of next week so I’ll be taking a little break, too. I’ll be back again next Friday with odds and ends, but I probably won’t post again until then.
Here are a few things that might interest you this week.
- Saturday is going to be beautiful. Mostly sunny and 74 degrees. A perfect day to visit one of our wineries. Sharrott Winery in Winslow invites everyone to come in this weekend for its Riesling Bench Trials. They have several versions of their Riesling at different levels of sweetness and need taste testers to vote on their favorite. They will also have experts on hand to help you pair wines for your Easter dinner.
- Auburn Road Vineyards announced this week that their Merlot Reserve 2007 and Sole 2008 each won Bronze medals at the Finger Lakes Int’l Wine Competition for 2010. Tonight (like every Friday night) Auburn Road is hosting “What’s for Dinner” catered by a local caterer/restaurant (reservations required) and tomorrow night there is live music. If you’re going, make sure to try one of their award winning wines.
- If you want to find a winery near you to visit this weekend, head over to the Garden State Wine Growers website to find your closest one. Go to the wineries website and see what they have in store for the gorgeous weekend.
- Tonight, for Good Friday dinner, Chef Mark has tracked down some fresh water, sustainably farmed yellow perch for dinner to use in a Yellow Perch Burrito at Tortilla Press Cantina ($15.95 with sides).
- This is a little outside of the food realm, but I thought it might interest the do-it-yourselfer in many locavores. There’s a workshop in the University City section of Philadelphia that provides space and tools for those who want to build things themselves but don’t have room in their house. NextFab Studio has a woodshop with industrial-grade equipment, a metal shop, computer equipment to help with designs, and most important of all, classes and training.
- Lastly, I’ve joined the Celebrate Green mother/daughter team Lynn and Corey on their Celebrate Green blog. Once a week, I’ll be posting recipes that celebrate the season or even simply celebrate one of our national food days (National Oatmeal Cookie Day is coming up at the end of the month – yum!). My first post went up yesterday – Early Spring Vegetable Saute – a great side dish for your Easter ham or lamb.
