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2012 Whatcom Farm Tour
[ September 8, 2012; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Next Saturday, September 8, is one of my favorite events every year--the annual Whatcom Farm Tour! It's a free self-guided tour of farms...
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Carrots With Hazelnuts Recipe
This recipe uses hazelnuts to add some complexity to both taste and texture in a simple side dish. It's a good example of how you can use just a few simple locally grown ingredients to create a...
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Caldo Verde Recipe
This recipe is reprinted from Winter Harvest Cookbook by permission of the author, Lane Morgan (p. 68). (Read my review of the book.)
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Spicy Beef Sausage Recipe
Here's a beef sausage recipe I created as a substitute for chorizo in a recipe for Caldo Verde from the Winter Harvest Cookbook.
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Eggplant!
Eggplants, those lovely deep purple vegetables with smooth skin and undulating curves, are difficult to grow in our climate. That makes it a particular pleasure to find at the Farmers Market or in a...
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Cloud Mountain Fall Fruit Festival 2013
Weather cooperated, and the day was reasonably warm and partly cloudy as we made our way to the annual Fall Fruit Festival at Cloud Mountain Farm Center near Everson. Cloud Mountain has been hosting...
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Cheese Stuffed Peppers Recipe
Just before we left the Cloud Mountain Farm Center Fall Fruit Festival this year (2013), I made a trip through the farm store to find something to feature in a recipe. I chose something not always...
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Whatcom Farms Offering CSAs in 2014
Time to consider signing up for a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program! Learn more, and see this year's list of Whatcom County CSA farms, with links to their websites for full details.
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Homemade Corned Beef Recipe
The Homemade Corned Beef recipe below is part one of two created in honor of St. Patrick's Day. "Marco Polo rules" were applied, which means the use of non-local spices was considered an acceptable...
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Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe
Since beginning the transition toward eating as a locavore (a person who eats only locally grown food whenever possible), I've learned to make a lot of things myself that I used to buy ready to eat....
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