Harvest Dinner Tickets Go on Sale October 1
The 2018 Harvest Dinner & Auction to benefit Fresh Access will be held at Metro Bis Restaurant on Saturday, November 3. Click HERE for further details and to order your tickets!
Month: August 2018
Simply Fresh–Week 12–Edamame and More
Featured Item—Fresh Soybeans (Edamame) When I was young I lived in Japan and experienced a number of great culinary adventures. My favorite experience, by far, was tasting edamame, the fresh boiled soybean dish flaked with pure sea salt—divine. I loved the surprising “pop” of the bean as I squeezed it out of its shell and …
Simply Fresh–Week 11–Melons
Featured Item–Melons We are so lucky to have melons grown at the farm, and this year they are abundant. Once you get tired of cutting them up and eating them as is, you may be looking for alternate ways to utilize them in your meals. Also, occasionally you may get one that isn’t the sweetest, …
Open Farm Day September 15
Be sure to include Holcomb Farm on your list of places to visit on Granby’s Open Farm Day, September 15th. Julie Wern will be doing a cooking demo with produce from the Farm at 12:30, and there will be a “Tools of the Trade” Show and Tell at 10:30 and 2:30 where Farmer Joe O’Grady …
Simply Fresh–Week 10–Tomatillos
Featured item—Tomatillos My love affair with tomatillos is fairly new, as the tomatillo and I were formally introduced only about 10 years ago. Before that, my amour was salsa verde, the tart, green, vibrant sauce you could find only in Mexican restaurants served as either a salsa or a sauce. I was a huge fan …
Simply Fresh–Week 9–Cherry Tomatoes, Eggplant, and Green Peppers
Perhaps my favorite item each year at the farm is the candy-like cherry tomatoes we get to pick on our own. I thought I would highlight them this week, as well as offer a few recipes containing eggplant and green peppers, as they are still plentiful and likely to be in each day’s distribution …
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Simply Fresh–Week 8–Eggplant, Potatoes, Swiss Chard
I love mid summer at the farm. This week I will focus mainly on one of my all time mid-summer favorites, Eggplant, but will also include recipes for potatoes and Swiss Chard (and even Shishito peppers) Featured Item—Eggplant Eggplant is one of those vegetables that take a bit of effort to get behind, but once …
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