What's up with the different egg colors? Do the mahogany eggs taste better? Do the blue/green celadon eggs have more nutritional quality? Farm fresh eggs are superior to commercial eggs, in both taste and quality, but it's not the shell color.
It's hard work to cook everything from scratch. Honestly, sometimes I really just want to open a can of something for dinner. Really, really want to! But then I look at the label. Or I long for a store-bought dessert and then am regretful when the preservatives don't settle well and the experience is ruined. Thankfully there's help!
No-Fuss * Delicious * Quick * Hearty Pasta Sauce. Let the good ingredients do the cooking tonight!
Each year I am grateful as the Winter Solstice arrives, ushering in the slow but steady return of longer days. It adds to the feeling of hope as the preparations for Christmas and the New Year are in their fullness of expectation.
We are grateful for so many things!
We knew that the delicious days of Tomme would come again. What we didn't know was that cheese artisan and farmer Rachael was working on a beautiful surprise...
How lucky we are to be living in such an abundant foodshed! We are pleased to be offering another important food staple, "family farmed with heart and soil".
If you've been to our Farmers Market booth in previous years, you're familiar with the beautiful yarn, roving, batts and raw fleece produced by our flock of Romney sheep. At market I loved to watch as passersby were often drawn to the booth by the undeniable magnetism of wool in its natural loveliness. Wool just calls to be touched.
We've said it before and we'll say it many times again: Your local food dollars have more value than you know. Every time you buy a One Straw package of ground beef or a dozen eggs, you are supporting not only our small family farm but all the related small farms and farm businesses that we rely on.
Today I'm sharing one of our favorite meatball recipes, as well as the reasons to add zucchini to any meatball recipe and tips for making it successful!
This Is Not Your Typical Marketing Announcement. In the regular world of commerce, I don't believe I've ever seen a company advertise a price increase. From a marketing perspective, it really doesn't seem like good business to draw attention to negative implications. But we're not in the regular world of sales.
Have you been hankering for SMOKED ham and bacon? You've been asking and we've been planning. Introducing Pork Shares!
