Farmstand Saturday: Tomato jam with boursin

What’s made from a red fruit, cooked down and sweetened, and spreads onto crackers or toast?  Rethink those strawberries…it’s tomatoes’ turn to be jam! I would not have believe this were so fantastic if I hadn’t tasted it myself, but...

Farm Stand Saturday: Zucchini Bruchetta

It’s right about now that farmers will start to have summer squash available by the truckload – literally.  This mild, tender vegetable is incredibly versatile – from layering in lasagna, to the prolific zucchini bread, it adapts to savory or sweet...

Farm Stand Saturday: Spring Onions Edition

Every weekend I work at the market, I love it more. That’s partly due to these beautiful smiling people, who run registers with me: photos courtesy of Andrew Krieger And partly due to having a fantastic boss, who I refer to as my “farmer friend”...

Farm Stand Saturdays (+strawberry goat cheese salad)

Last spring I was wandering through the farmer’s market near my house in DC, and happened to see a stand run by a friend (ok, colleague…ok…boss) I used to work with at the Cooperative Extension Office in Gettysburg.  “You live here?”  he...