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Tomato Smackdown

Field-grown or tunneled, which tomato tastes better? Continue reading

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Anticipation: Waiting for Two Openings

For months now, two opening events have been eagerly awaited in these parts.  Salt and Vine, the new restaurant in the Olney House, has been soft-opened for dinner for about a week.  The other, Olney Winery in Ashton, now projects opening “sometime between June and July.” Continue reading

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Crunchy, Cheesy, Easy: A Friendly Bread’s Grilled Cheese Sandwich

A Friendly Bread is test-marketing grilled cheese sandwiches.  I received a sandwich for review last week. Continue reading

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News Flash: Redbud Flowers Are Edible, And So Are Hon Tsai Tai

Yes, I have recently learned that the redbud tree’s flowers, like many others, can safely be consumed.  I’ve been meaning for a few years now to try my hand at pickling cherry blossoms, but have been unable to source flowers … Continue reading

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A Day in the County: A Visit To Common Root Farm and Waredaca Brewing Company

Last week saw the first Heritage Harvest Festival, sponsored by Heritage Montgomery.  This farm tour was not to be confused with the Annual Farm Tour and Harvest Sale, held in July and sponsored by the Montgomery County Office of Agriculture, … Continue reading

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The Cheese Stands Alone: A Field Trip to Caputo Brothers Creamery

“Where’s the ricotta?”  Jimmy and Carl had got me hooked on this fresh cheese they brought to sell at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market, and then they cruelly stopped bringing it.  They gave me some runaround about it being … Continue reading

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A Field Trip We Could Walk To: Sandy Spring Gardens

When I told Tom Farquhar where we lived, he said, “you could walk to the farm!”  Well, we could if it weren’t so hot (and we weren’t sure we could find the field back behind Lethbridge Court), so we drove … Continue reading

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The Care and Feeding of Farmers: Future Harvest CASA’s 19th Annual Conference

They provide our basic foodstuffs.  They grow a dazzling variety of fruits and vegetables.  They use their bounty to create tasty and nourishing products that enrich our lives.  They grow “non-commercial” or “specialty” crops: what we actually put on our … Continue reading

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It’s All About the Products

The notice for this year’s Arcadia Farmer-Chef Speed-Sourcing Happy Hour reminded me that I needed to post about last year’s event.  There was also a similar (but less structured) happening later in the year, so I thought I would combine them … Continue reading

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Into the Wild Garlic Yonder

Way out on the outskirts of Olney, behind an unassuming, suburban house, lurks a vampire’s worst nightmare: the backyard garden of Jim and Mary Nupp, the demon garlic-growers of Brookeville. Debbie Amster, one of our favorite farmers market demo chefs, … Continue reading

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