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This week at market: strawberries, honey mushrooms, English peas, asparagus, rhubarb (finally!), spring onions, apple cranberry cider, yogurt, smoked gouda, rosemary sausage. Plus boneless pork chops from the butcher, pasta and honey goat cheese from Cheesetique, and a loaf of challah from the bakery. As a Mother’s Day treat to myself, I made an all-rhubarb […]

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wood ear, originally uploaded by foodietots. I was overwhelmed by the variety at the mushroom lady’s stand last week at market, so grabbed the Wood Ears because MamaBird had recently mentioned them. The description noted they were good in stir-fry, so I put together this dish with the bunch of white radishes I just couldn’t […]

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spring onions, originally uploaded by foodietots. The market was in full swing this past weekend. A warm, sunny Saturday morning brought out summer-like crowds. The first strawberries were available from Virginia’s Three Way Farms, where I also picked up asparagus, spring onions and white radishes. Maryland’s Toigo Orchards was back with hot house tomatoes and […]

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honey mushrooms, pa., originally uploaded by foodietots. Our local farmers’ market kicked off the ’08 season this past weekend. Now that the toddler isn’t up by 6am in the mornings, we weren’t there when they opened and missed the first spring asparagus. But, our cheese guy Tom was there – he brings the creamiest Jersey […]

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This week’s market bag: ground beef, boneless pork shoulder, gouda, zucchini, red peppers, staymen & jonagold apples, romaine lettuce mix. On the menu: tricolore beef & rice pilaf, roast pork, apple pie, grilled gouda & apple sandwiches. Recipe: Tricolore Beef & Rice Pilaf

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