Summer meals should be easy, allowing us more time for recreation and relaxation. As more vegetables and fruit become available as the season advances, we are heading into a
bounty of local food options that we dream about all winter.
Last week, Russell's Tim Skehan chose lobster from
C & C Lobsters and
Fish
for his "easy" meal.
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Valicenti Pasta Farm from Hollis, New Hampshire makes unique gourmet
ravioli using ingredients from their
garden.
Fresh pasta, including gluten-free, of many shapes and sizes
are available, along
with sauces, including their signature
Red Gravy (tomato-basil),
"alla Norma" (eggplant and ricotta),
Arugula-Pistachio Pesto and Golden Gravy Butternut
and Parmigiano.
Mycoterra Farm returns to the Market as a weekly vendor
bringing a selection fresh mushrooms grown in Westhampton.
You can learn more about Mycoterra Farm by reading the
The Daily Hampshire Gazette.
The
Two Field Farm pickling cucumbers sold out in the first hour of the market last week. Look for more this week and please note that "pickling" doesn't meant that you have to pickle them, but
Head Chef Alison Carnahan from Wayland's The Local restaurant has shopped at the Market weekly since our season started. Alison and her assistant Matt chose a selection of cheese from Foxboro Cheese to assemble for the week's cheese plate. The restaurant's menu includes the origin of ingredients and we appreciate their recognition of Wayland Market vendors West River Creamery, Charlton Orchards Farm, Town Farm Gardens, Cookie Lady Treats and Foxboro Cheese.
Maple syrup, maple cream, maple candy and maple sugar:
something for everyone from
Ackermann Maple Farm.
Brigham Farm patty pan squash.
Lucy Parker of
Fox Hollow Pie Company
is
baking
blueberry
pie, mixed berry pie, whoopee pies and sweet almond crisps
for the Market. Thank you, Lucy.
Lilac Hedge Farm meat chickens are Cornish broilers.
"They are raised on natural feed and brought up on rotating pastures throughout the spring, summer and fall," says Ryan MacKay. "
We purchase
all of our feed in Massachusetts to
support our local farmers
and reduce our carbon footprint.
Our grain farmer grows all of
the grain in western MA, he
harvests the corn and it is then
dried and put in storage. When
we show up to buy grain, the
dry corn
it is taken from storage
and put into a grinder/mixer where proteins and minerals are added to make a perfect nutritious ration for our chickens diet."
Get a sense of the local climate action scene with
Transition Wayland and the
Wayland Energy and Climate Committee, and their new joint program called
MassEnergize! It includes a new round of Solarize, as well as FREE Home Energy Audits, deals
on electric vehicles, solar hot water, and much more.
Transition Wayland visited the
Wayland Winter Farmers' Market.
Robin Cohen of Doves & Figs has been busy this summer
with an appearance at the Fancy Food Show in New York and sourcing local frui
t that is in season to make her creative combinations as
she continues her mission to
"Spread the Local Jam Love".
Last September we met Noel Powell of
Aaronap Cellers at
Charlton Orchards returns from vacation and will
be with us
for the remaining fourteen weeks of the season.
Look
for cherries and raspberries this week.
'To me home is in the kitchen, and in there, there are very simple rules: to cook with love, to cook passionately, and to never compromise quality," says Elsie Adobo. "I spent my childhood in the kitchen watching my grandmother cook with these simple rules. Since then my fondest memories are pleasing the palates
of family and friends with my cooking...years ago when
I was pregnant with my daughter, I had cravings for oatmeal cookies, and although I've always loved the flavor of oatmeal cookies, I found them a bit heavy. This led me to develop the perfect tasty treat, the Classic Oatmeal Crisps !"
Auntie Elsie's Oatmeal Crisps flavors include:
Original, Ginger and Cranberry.
Are you a hot sauce fan?
Ask Ron from
Town Farm Gardens how each of his sauces is unique
in
flavor and heat and how he uses them in cooking.
Here's proof that the lemonade portions from
When Life Gives You Lemons are
large.
Great Harvest Bread is known for their creative, yummy bread,
but don't overlook their scones!
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We had our first chance to taste the soaked and dried nuts
made by
Will n' Roses two weeks ago. The
unique and healthy process translated into a nuts with
delicious flavor and texture. Using great restraint, the bag of almonds lasted an entire week.
Clarke Laszlo generously offered Sitzens Corn Treats to
Christina Lambkin, who cares for the two Nubian goats
that live at Russell's year round and love visitors.
"Laszlo's "Barnyard Treats" for the pet chickens, ducks, sheep, donkeys, squirrels and GOATS! in your life," writes Ginger Laszlo from Sitzens Pet Treats at Laszlo Family Farm. "Local grains grown naturally with love for the soil and environment...
including barley, oats, corn and soy, - GMO-free! Find various products available with - or without - added sweeteners,
including beet sugar, molasses, honey & maple syrup. "Barnyard Treats" increase the palatability and nutritional value of daily feeds. Mustang Approved!"
OMG! Bagels makes challah (with and without raisins) and
English muffins in addition to two dozen flavors of bagels.
Do you have a quilt project that needs finishing? Margo Coates
from
Dragonfly Longarm Quilting Services
specializes in completing quilts, but can also make you a quilt from scratch
in the color
and style of your choice. Margo will have quilts, aprons, placemats and table runners for sale.
Kohlrabi can be eaten raw in salads or steamed, roasted, baked
or boiled and mashed. Growing on top of the soil (unlike a root vegetable), they are in the brassica family, which includes
broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower.
Two Field Farm grows the purple and the green varieties.
