Have you visited the Falmouth Service Center table? Two weeks ago, David Hearne was there showing us how to make “Veggie Pinwheels,” slices of whole-wheat tortilla wraps, packed with fresh crunchy vegetables. David volunteers with the Service Center, doing food demos, and these colorful wraps are a hit whenever he makes them for the Center’s “Fresh Market” program in the schools. His recipe is based on […]
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Local food is so good, it makes you want to use every bit of it. Here’s a way to make a lot of a little. We had a few left-over carrots and used this fun idea from Sherri Brooks Vinton’s new book, Eat It Up! Pickle Juice Fridge Pickles You’ve finished the jar of pickles and are now left with a jar […]
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Corn. We’ll happily eat it all summer – boiled, grilled, sometimes raw, occasionally microwaved, on the cob and off. Off the cob, corn has endless uses. Shear the cooked or raw kernels off the cob with a sharp knife. Toss kernels into salads, relishes and salsas. Tuck them into tacos. Make fritters, pancakes, corn-studded cornbread, creamy corn chowder or risotto. What to do with the […]
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Nothing says summer like yellow sunflowers, and corn. And heat. The heat continues, but we are cool as cucumbers at our harbor market, enjoying sea-breezes and shade trees on Marine Park. Customer parking is provided in the lots adjacent to the park, and there’s a sturdy wooden rack for bikes. If you’re buying meat, cheese, or eggs, do remember to bring a cooler! Activities […]
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How come “Russian Salad” isn’t better known in the US? Variations on the theme of potatoes, carrots, peas and pickled cucumber in a creamy dressing seem to have spread around the globe, from Europe to Latin America and parts of Asia. When peas aren’t available, cut-up beans can take their place. In the Mediterranean you’ll find pickles nudged out by green olives. Sour cream (even yoghurt) […]
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Corn has arrived. Blueberries are here. Cherry tomatoes are coming in. It’s looking like mid-summer. Feel hot? Come to the market and enjoy our air-conditioning. We have a tree-shaded spot at Marine Park, with breezes coming off the harbor. Also: Sam’s American Ices in delicious fruity flavors. In case you missed the news last week, Silverbrook Farms is bringing local meat from the Buzzard’s Bay […]
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It will be hot this week. Just in time for the heat-wave, here come Uncle Sam’s American Ices (on a cooler-equipped red bike, a sort of reverse-tricycle.) The icy treats come in flavors like watermelon, and refreshing ginger, and taste like summer. Tony Melli says he can’t keep up with demand for Long Lane Farm’s goat cheese. He brought twice the usual amount last […]
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Years ago when celery was first introduced at our market by Moonlight Alpaca Farm, someone (a silver-tongued siren, perhaps?) named it Pedestrian Celery. It was anything but. Many people trying it for the first time are astonished at the flavor it packs. Moonlight’s celery also comes topped with a bush of leaves. You can use the leaves to flavor soups, of course, mince and use […]
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Waste not! Make this soup when you have lettuce going limp. Or maybe you want to use up those floppy outer leaves of hefty lettucenheads, while keeping their hearts for salad. Either way, this summernsoup is a quick way to consume lots of lettuce. Serve well chilled. It’sblettuce – so have fun with the “dressings.” Lettuce soup Handful of pea pods or […]
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It’s summer and the market is humming. We have lots of variety, including hoop-house tomatoes from Pariah Dog Farm and Freshfield Farm’s eagerly anticipated new potatoes, creamy yellow-fleshed Augustas, the season’s first. We’re also launching our new SNAP matching-dollar program. To use your EBT card, please introduce yourself to our market manager, Natasha Miskovsky, at the information table. Thanks to the Woods Hole Foundation, every […]
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