Hi all,
Stopped in Star Market to get some flour and Michael let me taste one of his two new cheeses from Vermont - delish!!! Get over there right now and pick some up!
And yes, I know, I know. . .big carbon footprint. But it's cheese.
'Til next time - I'll see you at the market!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Apples!
Hi all,
I stopped at the Redman House Farm Stand, p/o Higher Ground Organics outside Watsonville. They had what I thought were some of the ugliest apples I'd ever seen - they were a dark gold color with somewhat bumpy skin. The guy at the stand gave me a sample and they were delicious! Very sweet and very crispy and juicy. They're an heirloom variety called "Hudson's Golden Gem", originally from New York. As it turns out, Higher Ground has an orchard with several different heirloom varieties that come in at different times of the year.
If you get a chance to try some different varieties of apples, please do - they're amazingly different, and especially different from the ones you get at the mega mart. 'Til next time - I'll see you at the market!
I stopped at the Redman House Farm Stand, p/o Higher Ground Organics outside Watsonville. They had what I thought were some of the ugliest apples I'd ever seen - they were a dark gold color with somewhat bumpy skin. The guy at the stand gave me a sample and they were delicious! Very sweet and very crispy and juicy. They're an heirloom variety called "Hudson's Golden Gem", originally from New York. As it turns out, Higher Ground has an orchard with several different heirloom varieties that come in at different times of the year.
If you get a chance to try some different varieties of apples, please do - they're amazingly different, and especially different from the ones you get at the mega mart. 'Til next time - I'll see you at the market!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Hi all,
Just got back from sultry Carmel Valley (ok, it's stinking hot) and tasting wine at Dan Karlsen's new venture, Chock Block wines. His wife, Kathleen, was doing the pouring and I tasted two syrahs - one from Arroyo Seco, and one from Chalone - both under $20. The one from Arroyo Seco was good, but the one from Chalone knocked my socks clean off. It had the beautiful minerality for which Chalone Vineyards used to be known (and no wonder - Dan used to make their wine), lots of layers of flavor and spice - and just was all-around yummy. If you happen to be in Carmel Valley, it's next door to Toast, right behind the Shell Station on Carmel Valley Road in the Village.
Until next time, I'll see you at the market!
Just got back from sultry Carmel Valley (ok, it's stinking hot) and tasting wine at Dan Karlsen's new venture, Chock Block wines. His wife, Kathleen, was doing the pouring and I tasted two syrahs - one from Arroyo Seco, and one from Chalone - both under $20. The one from Arroyo Seco was good, but the one from Chalone knocked my socks clean off. It had the beautiful minerality for which Chalone Vineyards used to be known (and no wonder - Dan used to make their wine), lots of layers of flavor and spice - and just was all-around yummy. If you happen to be in Carmel Valley, it's next door to Toast, right behind the Shell Station on Carmel Valley Road in the Village.
Until next time, I'll see you at the market!
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