Sign Up for CSAs “She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.” ― A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young It’s April, and the weather is certainly getting better. Sure, we have to contend with the infamous April showers, but they bring a lot more than May
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3rd Annual Boston Local Food Festival Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, 11am – 5pm on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Wharf Area Parks Boston Local Food Festival is a family friendly, zero-waste event featuring local food for sale and sample by farmers, restaurants, and artisanal producers, educational exhibits and demos, and live music and performances. Northeast FLAVOR
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VARIETIES The Northeast (zones 3-7 in a seed catalog) plays host to an incredible variety of strawberries. The most well-known varieties fall into larger categories called June Bearers, Ever Bearers, and Day-Neutral. Popular June Bearers like “All Star” and ”Red Chief” are likely to show up later in June, with other, hardier varieties showing up
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I’ve seen whiting and Atlantic pollock at the fish market, and I’ve considered buying them numerous times. But I’ve never bitten. They look like good dining, but what do you do with them? I wonder. Then I gravitate to the familiar territory of salmon, cod and haddock. Thanks to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s
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Nick Diana wants to make a difference. And he doesn’t want to do it alone. Founder of the website www.ieatlocally.com, Nick supports local charities by selling gift certificates online that are donated by area restaurants for 50 percent off their face value. He then donates 30 percent of sales to a charity chosen each month
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