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The Blog is full of green food news, events, recipes, and local food resources including CSAs, farmers’ markets, organic farm stands, farm-to-table restaurants and farm-to-door delivery services. Please visit our Town Guides to discover local and sustainable food resources near you.
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2012 Guide to Winter Fairfield County Farmers’ Markets
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New! Fairfield County Guide to Grass-Fed Beef
Organic Tea Giveaway!
Two winners will receive a sample pack of Mamacat’s Q. Teas, Jeena Choi’s line of fine, hand-blended and packed 100% organic teas.
We’re celebrating National Hot Tea Month by giving away 2 Mamacat’s Q. Tea sampler packs. Mamacat’s Q. Teas are hand-blended and packed in Wilton, CT and use only the finest organic herbs, dried fruits and flowers. Using family recipes, the unique blends contain zero-caffeine, zero-calories and can be enjoyed hot or cold, day or night by the entire family.
Winners will receive sampler packs =containing a mix of of Amber Maharani, Casablanca Mist, Emerald Wonderland, Golden Slumbers and Ruby Slippers teas. Click here to learn how to participate.
Featured Recipe:
How to Cook Beans
Homemade burritos start with a pot of beans and can be as simple as this version which adds roasted and peeled Poblano chiles, a dusting of Beaver Brook Farm's raw, aged sheep's milk cheese (Pleasant Valley) and a splash of sriracha sauce on a whole wheat organic tortilla.
It’s time celebrate the bean. This lowly legume has a reputation as peasant food, but it’s a comfort food in our house and my go-to solution for quick meals. Beans are easy to cook and will come out great if you follow my Golden Rules. Once cooked, beans are both versatile and delicious. Serve them as a side dish with pork, a main dish with rice and a vegetable, in a burrito, as soup, and in chili. Continue…
Upcoming Events:
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Tasting & Pairing at Olivette
Taste real extra virgin olive oils from around the world and discover what you’ve been missing at Olivette, Fairfield County’s newest gourmet food store specializing in single varietal, single origin extra virgin olive oils. Join us for a special educational extra virgin olive oil tasting and pairing event with Alina Lawrence, co-owner and General Manager of Olivette.
Alina will teach us how to taste and evaluate extra virgin olive oils using attributes identified in the legal definition of extra virginity including pepperiness, bitterness and fruitiness, then guide us in pairing the oils with Olivette’s vinegars to create beautiful blends for flavoring simple, healthy and delicious meals at home. Read more…
American Meat Film Screening Event at Audubon Greenwich
Joel Salatin of PolyFace Farms
Please join the Fairfield Green Food Guide as we team up with Audubon Greenwich for another educational film screening event in their beautiful space. American Meat is a solutions-oriented macroscopic documentary surveying the current state of the U.S. meat industry. Featuring dozens of farmers across America, the film aims to be an even-handed look at animal husbandry.
The screening of American Meat will be followed by a panel discussion about food policy, sustainable agriculture and locally available sustainable meat and foods. Slow Food Metro North and several other event partners are generously hosting a reception. Come enjoy a delicious glass of organic wine while tasting pasture-raised meats from Saugatuck Craft Butchery deliciously prepared by Chef Marc Alvarez of Concierge Foods. Read more…
Featured Articles:
By Analiese Paik
Dinners at the Farm are a mecca for local food lovers unique
Back in 2007 Jonathan Rapp, chef/owner of River Tavern in Chester, and Drew McLachlan, then chef/owner of Feast Gourmet Market in Deep River, recognized the vast, untapped potential of reconnecting people with their food and the land. The two entrepreneurs partnered to establish Dinners at the Farm, a series of plein air, farm-to-table, community dinners held on select Connecticut farms every July and August for the last 5 years.
The perennially sold out events are powerful fundraisers for the very organizations working to preserve farmland and create a more equitable food system – Working Lands Alliance, City Seed Farmers’ Market, and Connecticut Farmland Trust. They’re also a mecca for local food lovers in search of a unique, seasonal meal enjoyed at the source. Read more…
Haute Vegetarian Cuisine Showcases Local, Seasonal Produce
By AnaliesePaik
Beets with Schoolhouse ricotta. Photo c/o Tim LaBant.
Expanding on their beautiful use of local food, Schoolhouse at Cannondale puts local, seasonal produce at center stage with the creation of a four-course, prix fixe, vegetarian tasting menu. For three nights only in February, vegetarians and flexitarians will enjoy Chef Tim LaBant’s haute vegetarian fare, but there’s no need to leave the omnivores at home. The vegetarian menu is being offered in addition to his normal dinner menu. Read more…
