There are seasons I can recall in recent history where I was still picking strawberries at the end of June. This apparently is not going to be one of them. Harmans still has some pre-picked strawberries but their picking season is coming to an end. If you are planning to pick strawberries to make jam or to freeze, make pies and strawberry ice cream, you better head out this week to do so. Locally, I know that these farms have

Mother’s Day may have been last weekend but we celebrated a week late with our annual family Mother’s Day Tea. This is one of my favorite meals to make and I am pleased that each year the food is more local and more seasonal than the last. This year I was able to use local milk, cream and butter which I didn’t have available last year. What a joy! Just to make your mouth water…I made dried apricot and fresh

After all the cold, it is finally time for the Farmer’s Markets to open again. Bel Air Farmer’s Market will open on April 9. You can find out more here http://www.belairfarmersmarket.com/ Aside from that many farms are still taking applications for CSA’s this summer. Sunny Hill in Whiteford still has openings if you go to http://www.sunnyhillfarmmd.com/ You can request an application. Also, Kilby Cream is expanding their milk delivery locations and I bet there is one nearby you (if you

As some of you may know, I am on a journey to redesign my kitchen. The main point is to better utilize the space in my home. As a second point I would like to take this opportunity to make my kitchen more environmentally friendly. I cook… a lot… and between the materials that we use for the kitchen fixtures and appliances down to the layout and function of the kitchen I would like to incorporate more sustainable concepts. The

Wow! It feels like spring. There is still a ton of snow on the ground, in spite of the 60F day but we don’t get much sun around our house to melt it. The birds are singing and I can almost ignore the fact that the temperate is going to drop next week again. At least it won’t drop quite so low. I am really tired of the 10F days. Our food journey has not been so intense as last