Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Farm
to
Table
2018
Bringing
Fresh Food
To Your Plate
In these pages, learn
about the many people
and organizations
involved in producing
and preparing local
food and educating
the community.
•
Use our directory and
map to take a tour
of Tri-state area farms,
farmers markets and
restaurants that
source locally.
Soils To Souls
By Cynthia Hochswender
F
ood nourishes our modern America: For young way to teach children about
bodies of course but people who’ve grown up in the benefits of farming
it also nourishes our a world that’s increasingly than to let them go out in
souls and spirit. fragmented and existential, the fields themselves and
That’s part of the reason the farm movement offers a pick succulent sweets such
the farm-to-table movement chance to connect deeply and as these fresh blueberries
has been so powerful in meaningfully with the world shown below, collected
around them, with the soil from the berry patch at the
beneath their feet and with Isabella Freedman Jewish
their own bodies and souls. Retreat Center in Falls
There can be no better Village.
Contents
Finding That Dream ..................................... page 4
Can There Be Too Many Markets? .............. page 7
On A Hot Day, Or Just A Busy One .......... page 10
Getting Fresh In Winsted ........................... page 14
Farm-to-Table Directory and Map .... pages 16-22
Giving Farms, Communities
A Helping Hand .......................................... page 23
FFA Leaves A Lifelong Impact ................... page 25
A Pie Chart You Can Sink
Your Teeth into ............................................ page 28
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s someone who has an imaginary secret world That’s the simple life. Right?
gone from working of autumn leaves filmed In speaking with
Brent Ridge, at in a city with a
population of more than 8
through a gauzy golden lens,
sequestered and cultivated in
husbands Josh Kilmer-
Purcell and Brent Ridge,
left in photo, million to working in a town the back of your mind when it quickly becomes clear
and Josh Killmer- of roughly 5,000 — and
then to living and working
the Formica finish of your
work desk looks especially
there’s nothing about “just
making soap” that’s simple.
Purcell are living in a town of roughly 1,000 unappealing. Today, their brand
the dream at people, it may seem strange I can report this with Beekman 1802 (named
that I still harbor fantasies of some authority. I mean, after Beekman Mansion,
the upstate New quitting my job and “moving listen: Every day at work I the 19th century Sharon
York property to the country.” look outside the window Springs, N.Y., home the two
“The country,” it may and see a horse. Really, what Manhattanites bought in
that they dismay many New Yorkers more could I want? What’s 2007) provides products you
converted into a to read, isn’t a real place. It’s missing from the fantasy? need/want/have to have for
The fulfilling movie your bathroom, kitchen and
working farm. fantasy job. Perhaps one like closet.
in “Baby Boom,” the 1987 Their soaps/sauces/
Diane Keaton film in which decorations and more hit
she gives up her corporate the sweet spot between
corner office and, by mistake, practicality and a cozy
ends up becoming hugely sense of indulgence. You’ll
successful with a line of baby find goat’s milk soap and
food made from fresh fruit shampoo, rosemary candles,
(and that was long before sheepskin hats, goat’s milk
organic baby food was sold shaving butter, stoneware
at every supermarket in bowls, ceramic planters,
America). goat’s milk eye balm. It all
To make one good, can be found online but
wholesome, quality product it’s also sold in pharmacies
and know that was enough. and shops even here in the
To simplify. To make a living Northwest Corner, including
from the land — my own, the Sharon and Salisbury
perfectly manicured land, pharmacies.
naturally. They even have
“The country” is where everything you need to
you get by while just making fill your pantry and quell
soap out of goat’s milk. the hunger pangs of your
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eekends in found in nearly every town invited a stop. And then
the area bring and village in the area, and supermarkets introduced
the possibility the numbers are growing. year-round offerings of what
of fresh-picked, baked, In bygone days, farmers used to be seasonal produce
Sharon simmered, preserved and
pickled items displayed in
filled wagons with produce
and hitched up horses (later
at mainly reasonable prices,
in breathtaking supply,
resident Carol artful arrays at the many using trucks) to bring fresh picked a bit early for safe,
Bonci brings farmers markets.
The products are
produce to city dwellers
and suburbanites who had
bruise-free transport.
Convenience, lower cost
her culinary transfered from the hands of neither the space nor the and abundance began to
experience to the farmers/artisans/chefs/ combination of energy and overshadow freshness and
picklers into the hands of time to grow their own flavor.
her spot on the eager shoppers and diners. produce. Convenience and
lawn at The These increasingly For people who took economics also impact the
popular markets can now be Sunday drives, farm stands farmers. It’s hard enough to
Wish House. work from dawn to dusk in
the fields; running a retail
business on the side is a
daunting additional task.
Some years ago, the
growers began to take part
in convenient weekly farm
markets that allowed them
to sell directly to consumers
during the growing season
(May to October). Those
scattered little roadside
farm stands came together
on town Greens and village
centers.
Carol Bonci of Sharon
was developing her own
interest in farm-to-table
freshness, sensing a wave
of what she terms “food
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out: pesto. There are many
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sauce. taught me something
Lay them flat on ways to make it, including I could digress for pages important: With a little bit of
a cookie sheet, some that will give you a about all the different ways knowledge, you can take raw
way to use up some of your there are to save tomatoes meat and veggies out of the
freeze them and surplus arugula. Good recipes and carrots and onions but freezer and just cook them
then you can put abound. Find one, if you that’s not the point of this right up, without defrosting
don’t have one already. article. The point is that you them first, and have dinner
them into a plastic Tomatoes are also very don’t always have to defrost ready (and delicious) in a
bag until you need easy, although people seem your foods, even your meats, reasonable amount of time.
to want to complicate them. before you cook them. Scarbrough and Weinstein
them for sauce Here’s a surprise tip: You can My tendency is to freeze live in Colebrook and are
or soup. freeze a whole tomato. Just a lot of stuff and then never “local cookbook authors”in
the same way that, say,
Salisbury resident Meryl
Streep is a “local actress.”
They’ve been publishing one
cookbook a year for about
a decade or more and I can
confidently say that their
books sell well (you don’t get
a new contract from your
publisher if your last book
didn’t sell well) and win
awards.
Their books take on
a single topic, from ice
cream to slow cookers to
my personal favorite: goat
meat. I don’t plan to cook or
eat goat anytime soon, but
“Goat: Meat Milk Cheese” is
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Winsted you don’t Corner towns, Winsted and their family for generations
automatically think its surrounding towns have — and a neighboring farm.
about agriculture. It’s a city their roots in the dirt. And Two Farms Market
that presents as more of those roots are getting just opened in late April at 244
an industrial center, with a little bit stronger, with Main St. and is already a big
loft-style housing and artist the opening this summer of hit with area residents.
studios now popping up in a market in town where a It is co-owned and
what used to be warehouses mother-daughter team sells operated by the owners of
and factories. produce from their own Barden Farm and MarWin
Farm, which are both in
New Hartford.
Anita Barden and her
daughter, Cara Donovan,
manage the store.
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e have compiled Stop by your local markets
a list of Tri- and eateries. Venture farther 22
state farmers out for a day trip. Explore. 13
markets, farms, vendors and Have fun. Enjoy good food. 18
restaurants to aid you on Some of the farms listed
12
your search for the freshest sell their goods at stands 14
food possible. The directory or shops, while others
can be found on Pages 18, 19, are working farms. We 21 39
22, 23 and 24. The locations recommend calling or going
19
correspond to the numbers to their website before 20
on this map (which, of stopping by for a visit. 41
course, is not to scale). If you come across a
40
The Isabella
Keep this copy of Discover location that is not on our
Farm to Table in your car. list, let us know! Photos by 28 Freedman
Cynthia Hochswender
Jewish Retreat Center
8 in Falls Village is one
In the musical “Oklahoma!”
7
they sang of corn as high 6 9 of a handful of CSA
27 25 4 10
as an elephant’s eye. The 6 farms that invite
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stalks and tassels at farms 5 5 the community to
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such as White Hollow in 11 6 1
participate in the
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One of the joys of a farmstand or farmers market 2
Farms and
is finding yourself confronted with vegetables you Vendors
might not normally cook with. Cabbage, for example. Restaurants 14
Kohlrabi. Mustard greens. Internet advice on cooking and Cafes
with unfamiliar treasures is abundant. Seek it. Cook it.
Eat it.
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FROM THE SOURCE
FARMERS MARKETS Norfolk Saturdays, May 9 to Oct. 10, Amenia Fridays, 3 to 7:30 p.m., in the
Connecticut 6 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., outside Town 12 Amenia Town Hall parking lot,
Falls Village Camp Isabella Freedman Hall, 19 Maple Ave. Details at May to October. Details at www.
www.norfolkfarmersmarket.org. ameniafarmersmarket.com.
1 Jewish Retreat Center/Adamah
CSA, pick up on Thursdays Winsted Summer season runs Millbrook Saturdays, May 26 to Oct.
at 4:30 p.m. at 116 Johnson
Road through Nov. 8. Full and 7 Sundays, June 23 to Sept. 13 27, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or
22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at shine in the municipal parking
every-other-week shares can be Rowley field. Details at www. lot across from the Bank of
purchased; the cost can be pro- winstedfarmersmarket.org. Millbrook. Details at www.
rated so that it only covers the millbrooknyfarmersmarket.com.
remainder of this year’s growing New Milford Saturdays from May
season. To learn more, go to 8 to November, 9 a.m. to noon, Copake/Hillsdale Saturdays, 9 a.m.
www.fvcsa.adamah.org. on the Green. Details at www.
14 to 1 p.m., May 26 to Oct. 27,
newmilfordfarmersmarket.com. at the Roeliff Jansen Park,
Kent Fridays from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9140 Route 22, across from
2 Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Litchfield Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Roeliff Jansen Community
at 9 South Main St. Call 860-592- 9 in the Center School Parking Library. Details at www.
0061 for details. Lot on Woodruff Lane. Held copakehillsdalefarmersmarket.
outdoors mid-June through com.
West Cornwall Saturdays, May to late October. Details at www.
3 October, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on litchfieldhillsfarmfresh-ct.org. Hudson Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,
the Wish House Lawn near the
15 through Oct. 6, at the corner
Covered Bridge. Details at www. Torrington Main Street Marketplace of 6th Street and Columbia.
cornwallfarmmarket.org.
10 will be held in downtown Rain or shine. Details at www.
Torrington on Wednesdays, hudsonfarmersmarketny.com.
Cornwall Cornwall Co-Op Farm July 18 to Aug. 1, from 5
4 Market is open Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Details at www. Pawling Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
to 12:30 p.m., on the Green on
Pine Street, across from Town
mainstreetmarketplace.org. 16 on the Village Green from June
17 to Sept. 30. Details at www.
Hall. For details, go to www. New York pawlingfarmersmarket.org.
cornwallcoopfarmarket.com. Millerton Outdoor market held at
Rhinebeck Sundays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Salisbury Saturdays, May 20 to mid- 11 Millerton Methodist Church
5 October, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
at the corner of Dutchess
17 May 14 to to Nov. 19 in the
and Main streets, Saturdays, Rhinebeck Municipal Parking
Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Lot, 61 East Market St. Details at
May to October, 10 a.m. to 2
Main St. For details, go to www. www.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.
p.m. For details, go to www.
scovillelibrary.org. com.
millertonfarmersmarket.org.
538 Route 343, Millbrook 12545 / 845.677.6221 / For store hours please visit walbridgefarm.com
Lone Silo Farm 33 Sodom Road, North Mountain View Farm 309 Route 7 Silamar Farm Shop located at 5744
8 Canaan. Grass-fed beef, pork, 16
North, Falls Village. Pastured 24 Route 22, Millerton. Offers
maple syrup, eggs, chicken, meats, free-range eggs, vegetables, plants, flowers,
produce and more. Farm stand organically grown vegetables. gourmet foods and more. 518-
open Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. 860- 860-824-7439; www. 567-1951; www.solflowerfarm.
453-4085; www.lonesilofarmbeef. mountainviewfarm.farm. com.
com.
Wike Brothers Farm 38 White Hollow Rock Steady Farm and Flowers 41 Kaye
Willie’s Honey 9-33 E Main St., Road, Sharon. Barlow beef, pork,
17 eggs. Call ahead to arrange a 25 Road, Millerton. Community
9 North Canaan. Honey, tomatoes, Supported Agriculture; www.
peaches and more. Open farm visit. 860-364-5765. rocksteadyfarm.com.
weekends.
Lost Ruby Farm 458 Winchester Road, McEnroe Organic Farm 5409 Route 22,
Ford Farm 368 Norfolk Road, East 18 Norfolk. Call 860-542-5806 to 26 Millerton. Market open daily,
10 Canaan. Sweet corn, farm-raised order cheeses and milk; www. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The market
beef, vegetables, cut flowers. lostrubyfarm.com. sells local, seasonal and organic
860-824-5557. groceries, meats, vegetables,
Thorncrest Farm & Milk House fruit. 518-789-4191; www.
Stone Wall Dairy Farm 332 Kent Road Chocolates 280 Town Hill Road,
19 Goshen. Open Wednesday to mcenroeorganicfarm.com.
11 (Route 7), Cornwall Bridge. 24/7
self-service farm store sells raw Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ronnybrook Farm Dairy 310 Prospect
milk, eggs, honey, beef. 860-248- Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; www.
27 Hill Road, Ancramdale. 518-398-
0332; www.stonewalldairyfarmct. milkhousechocolates.net. 6455; www.ronnybrook.com.
com.
New York Herondale Farm 90 Wiltsie Bridge
Hautboy Hill Farm 39 Hautboy Hill MX Morningstar Farm 298 Mountain 28 Road, Ancramdale. Grassfed/
12 Road, West Cornwall. Features 20 View Road, Copake. 518-329- grass-finished beef and lamb,
Irene’s Country Kitchen’s CSA. 7994; www.mxmorningstarfarm. pasture-raised chicken and
Fresh local food and baked com. pork. 518-329-3769; www.
goods. 860-672-4495. Search for herondalefarm.com.
Hautboy Hill Farm on Facebook. Pigasso Farms 500 Farm Road, Copake.
Chaseholm Farm 115 Chase Road,
21 Pasture-raised pork, beef, lamb,
Ridgway Farm 142 Town St., West chicken and eggs. Store open 29 Pine Plains. Farm store open
13 Cornwall. Organic produce, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10:30 Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 518-
flowers, maple syrup, eggs. 860- a.m. to 5 p.m. 518-929-3252; 339-2071; www.chaseholmfarm.
672-0279; www.ridgwayfarm. www.pigassofarms.com. com.
com.
Hawk Dance Farm 362 Rodman Road, Full Circus Farm 27 Mils Path, Pine
Marble Valley Farm 170 Kent Road, 22 Hillsdale. 518-325-1430; www. 30 Plains. Community Supported
14 Kent. Organic vegetable farm hawkdancefarm.com. Agriculture. 518-789-0025; www.
with a farm stand offering meat fullcircusfarm.wordpress.com.
and eggs. 860-592-0020. Daisey Hill Farm 438 Indian Lake Road,
Walbridge Farm 538 Route 343,
23 Millerton. Farm stand open May
Mountain View Farm 67 Fuller to October. 518-789-3393. 31 Millbrook. Store features Angus
15 Mountain Road, Kent. beef, eggs, syrup, honey and
860-927-1856; www. more. Store hours are 10 am.
mountainviewfarmkent.com. to 5 p.m. 845-677-6221; www.
walbridgefarm.com.
Z Farms 355 Poplar Hill Road, Dover 38 Barrington. Open seven days 1 Lakeville. Rustic ambience,
a week, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Farm fresh ingredients, fine
35 Plains. Certified organic pasture- store features kitchen, deli and dining. 860-435-2111; www.
raised poultry,eggs and seasonal greenhouse. 413-528-1515; www. theboathouseatlakeville.com.
vegetables. Farm stand is open taftfarms.com.
daily, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. 917-319- Morgan’s at the Interlaken Inn 74
6414; www.zfarmsorganic.com. Equinox Farm 258 Bow Wow Road, 2 Interlaken Road, Lakeville. Farm-
to-table cuisine. 860-435-9878;
39 Sheffield. Visits scheduled by
appointment. 413-229-2266; www.interlakeninn.com.
www.equinoxfarmberkshires.
Continued on page 22
com.
State
governments
and land
conservancies
have made it
possible for farms
such as the Meili
operation in
Amenia to stay
solvent while
providing healthy,
fresh foods to
area families.
T
he state of New York visitors and home buyers. The Speeter/Jordan Lane
thinks that farms They offer a sense of Farm has been owned by
provide benefits that community; people today the Jordans for nearly two
extend way beyond mere want to buy fresh produce centuries; Betsy Speeter is
food — to the extent that from a farm stand or farm the eighth generation of her
legislators have just put market and talk to the family to operate the 155.65-
more than a million dollars people who grew what acre farm.
behind an effort to help you’re about to eat. Dutchess County
farmers keep their lands in Protected farms also Legislator Gregg Pulver (R-
production. protect the land around 19), who is also the former
This year in July, them — and the rivers, Pine Plains town supervisor,
the Dutchess County creeks and streams. said, “The Jordan Lane Farm
Partnership for Manageable “Each of the three has played a key role in the
Growth (PMG) program farm projects receiving development and history of
allocated $1,002,500 to awards this year protects Pine Plains, and its prime
protect three Harlem Valley critical community water soil will now be preserved
farms in perpetuity. The resources,” Molinaro said for future generations to
The state of funds will help preserve when announcing the farm tend.”
more than 550 acres of funds. They also support “a Glendale Farm in Amenia
New York has farmland, according to variety of important habitats is a 238-acre dairy farm
thrown some Dutchess County Executive and majestic scenic views.” owned by sisters Phyllis
Marcus Molinaro. Appropriately, farms Roosa and Linda Caldwell.
financial muscle For many years it felt like represent not only future It is home to Deere Haven
behind efforts to all news about New York growth but also family Dairy, with roughly 100
state farms was bad news; tradition. The Partnership Holstein cows (59 milking at
support small- the stories were all about for Manageable Growth, any time).
scale agriculture, struggles and foreclosure. Molinaro said, “protects The farm “extends from
In announcing the grant for land and important natural the Harlem Valley Rail Trail,
with a $1 million the three farms, Molinaro resources while fostering where it runs along both
grant to help was upbeat about the future agriculture for subsequent sides of the trail, across
of agriculture here, calling it generations.” 60 acres of federal- and
conserve three “a vital, diverse and growing The three farms protected state-protected wetlands,
area farms. economic engine.” in July are the Speeter/ which provide habitat for
Agriculture is no longer Jordan Lane Farm in the rare and vulnerable plant
an isolated business, here or town of Pine Plains; and and animal species, to a
elsewhere in America. Glendale Farm and Meili scenic ridge-line that makes
Rolling fields full of Farm, both in the town of
edible delights attract Amenia. Continued on page 24
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earning to do, doing organization that teaches themselves (there’s an
to learn, earning high school students valuable emphasis on learning to give
to live, living to skills they’ll use in the real presentations and excel at
serve. For a good majority world. It’s more than just public speaking). They run
of the Northwest Corner farming. the annual holiday tree and
community, these words are Students in the program wreath shop at the high
more than familiar. They’re learn to be arborists, florists, school, with funds helping to
the words they’ve lived by mechanics, environmentalists pay for FFA activities.
during their formative years, (students from Housatonic They also raise and care
the words that shaped them take part in and excel at the for animals that live in the
into the people they are annual national Envirothon barns behind the agricultural
today. Those words are the competition, for example). education (ag ed) wing on
motto of the FFA. But more than that, they the south side of the school
FFA, formerly known learn how to run a business, campus.
as the Future Farmers of how to work co-operatively Many of its members
America, is a nationwide together and how to market go on to start their own
businesses and all of its
member believe in giving
Kate Wohlfert, Class of 2017, East Canaan back to the community.
Housatonic Valley
“Ag impacted my life in Regional High School boasts
many more ways than one. one of the more active FFA
It helped me figure out what chapters in the state of
I was going to do after high Connecticut, with strong
school. membership, leadership
“I started working at the and alumni. High school
Millerton veterinary practice. students from outside
FFA and the ag program the district even come to
helped me get there because Housatonic as tuition-paying
I wasn’t going into the field students to take part in the
without any knowledge or school’s FFA chapter and
experience. the agricultural education
“I’m now thinking about program here in the Region
going to college to become One School District.
a vet tech. I’ve also become I caught up this summer
more involved with horses. with four Housatonic FFA
I’ve been riding more often graduates to talk about how
and taking care of them, the program helped them
like I did with Izzy at the beyond high school.
Housatonic ag ed barn.” Photo submitted
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efore I decided that the April a touch of white vinegar to the
best way to lose weight By rights nothing should be eggs and cream. I have no idea
was to forgo dessert, I growing in New England that if it will keep as it never lasts
could measure the progress of is fit for a pie in early spring. long enough for leftovers.
You don’t need to the year by which pies were in This is a time for ramps and
season. fiddleheads and tired roots May
wait for autumn I consider pie a New from the cellar. But April is Rhubarb, naturally, though
to make an apple Englander’s birthright, so if also the end of the sugaring this extends to June as well. If
you are of a less abstemious season, and a maple custard you must add strawberries, do
pie; fresh apples persuasion than I find myself pie with graham cracker crust it with ones you have picked
begin to appear to be at present, may I suggest is pure ambrosia. Boil the in June. Go easy on the sugar,
for your consideration the syrup down for about five but diced candied ginger is a
at orchards as following calendar, or pie minutes over medium heat to fine addition. I like combining
early as late chart if you will: reduce it by a quarter and add my rhubarb with sour cherries
August.
June
Blueberry pie with a vanilla
bean added to the filling. I
prefer the small wild low-bush
blueberries but their taller,
cultivated cousins will serve
in a pinch. You can use frozen
blueberries but beware their
water content and consider
your thickeners carefully.
Berry pies need to vent steam
or they become watery. A
ceramic pie bird is a great
investment (some of them
are even black). A bit of corn
starch may help.
July: Cherry pie, a mixture
of sweet and sour, with a
lattice crust. Perfection all on
its own. Or, if you prefer, a
black and red raspberry pie,
thickened with tapioca.
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August Cynthia Hochswender
A fresh peach pie is a their summer congestion. stand up to baking without
glorious thing, whether you Or, if your indeterminate breaking down to mush. This crust is
use the yellow- or white- tomatoes are still producing, Surprisingly, the mundane gluten free and
fleshed varieties. My wife
prefers a French gallette to a
remember that they are also
fruit. Southerners know about
Granny Smith is a decent
pie apple, but so are Esopus
sugar free, made
standard pie crust, wrapping green tomato pie. So should Spitzberg, Northern Spy, with almond
a single pastry dough over a
filling of just fruit, sugar and
you. Braeburn, Jonagold, Roxbury
Russets. Some of the best cider
flour, coconut oil
butter, though she has been October apples are also fine for baking. and an egg; the
known to infuse her dough
with ground cardamom.
Apple pie. We have so many
heirloom varieties at orchards
Nutmeg or cinnamon
works well, but save the full
berries on top
within a reasonable driving curry of Pumpkin Spice for were enhanced
September distance, and in a good apple next month.
with cinnamon,
Too early for most apples, year — which this appears to Some of us swear by a
too late for summer fruits. be — there are dozens from thick slice of sharp cheddar nutmeg and
This is the time for key lime which to choose. as the classic accompaniment lemon zest.
and lemon meringue, a nod The best varieties for pies to apple pie. In Vermont, it
to the lands to the south have a mixture of tart and is practically a requirement.
and beaches now relieved of sweet and are firm enough to Actually, it’s the law: In 1999
and thyme. Some recipes The traditional English 6 tablespoons coconut oil
include potatoes to bind the hand pie has a layer of fat One egg
meat together, or feature poured through the vent 1 cup blanched almond flour
poultry seasoning. hole to preserve the filling. I 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt.
don’t eat these anymore but
January through March they were just the thing at an Combine the oil and egg in the food
Savory pies, hand pies, pies outdoor winter sporting event. processor, then add the almond flour and
made with frozen fruit you So, there is my pie wheel salt.
picked last summer. I have for the gustatory year. Of Squish the very wet dough into your
an antique French raised pie course it is entirely subjective pie plate. There will be holes in the
mold that calls for a hot water and readers may feel that coverage area; don’t worry, the crust
crust so it stands up on its I have slighted an obvious expands as it bakes.
own. I have made venison pies choice here or there in favor Chill it for a half hour then bake it
and fish pies with it, and even of obscure pie variety. I invite at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until
embedded hard boiled eggs in you to send your suggested golden. Fill it and either serve right away,
a meat filling for Burns Night alternatives to the editor. if the filling is pre-cooked, or bake it until
Supper. You slice a raised pie Arguing about pie, pie recipes the filling is done. This is an excellent
as you would a loaf of bread and preferences, is a rich and crust for tomato pie and quiche.
(or meatloaf). vital part of our rural heritage.
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