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Farmers’ Market

Recent Farmers’ Market Finds

January 25, 2012
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The winter farmers’ market here in Portland is in full swing, and I found a couple of new veggies and some old favorites on the day that it opened. Kale Kale is my favorite vegetable. Maybe just for right now, maybe for all time, I’m not sure. But it’s so good, and so easy. I’m [...]

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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

July 29, 2011
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I don’t do a lot of baking. I don’t have the patience for perfect measurements, dough that needs to rise, and I don’t even own an electric mixer. But sometimes, you realize it’s mid-summer, there’s strawberries everywhere and rhubarb everywhere, and your boyfriend – ever so sweetly – starts hinting (daily) that his favorite pie [...]

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No-Canning Materials Needed Blueberry Jam

July 28, 2011
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I’ve always wanted to be the kind of person who makes their own jams and preserves and other pretty little things that fit in pretty little jars. But I’ve never done it, and frankly haven’t quite found the kick-in-the-pants needed to learn the process of canning. Turns out, I didn’t need to. (And Ashley told [...]

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Blossom Vinegars

July 23, 2011
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One of the first of the more interesting vendors I discovered at the Portland Farmers’ Market was Blossom Vinegars. These are vinegars, flavored with real fruit juices, that make for some amazing cooking vinegars as well as drinking vinegars. Connie has so many different, amazing flavors, and so far we’ve tried the Loganberry, Pluot, Peach, [...]

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A Midsummer Farmers’ Market Bounty

July 19, 2011

I just couldn’t help myself this weekend. I went to three farmers’ markets in three days. First, the PSU Portland Farmers’ Market. It’s the biggest, right by my place, and is becoming just part of our weekend routine to grab Saturday morning coffee and breakfast there. On Sunday, I made my way to the Hillsdale [...]

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Baked Eggs with Parmesan Kale and Cream

July 7, 2011

While I know the Internet is a wonderful and vast land of recipes and photos galore… I’m still a sucker for a good actual cookbook. Paper pages. Hard cover. Glossy photos. I could spend days in just the cookbook section of any bookstore or library. When I was last in Minnesota, Miranda (my sister) and [...]

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Asparagus and Summer Recipes: Sneak Preview

June 18, 2011
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This photo is actually of some asparagus on the grill at my place, not the Farmers’ Market asparagus salad I’m going to be showing you in the next couple of days. This photo here is from the day a week or two ago when my neighbor, Kate, and I decided to grill up some fruit [...]

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Portland Farmers’ Market, Hazelnut Milk, Bees Pollen, and Blossom Vinegars

April 10, 2011

My second visit to the PSU Farmers’ Market, and this time I remembered to bring my camera! I love, love, love all of the colors here.

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Gouda!

April 9, 2011

I love cheese. Gouda is a favorite.

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