Jimmy Fink of 107.1 The Peak Talks Up the Locally Grown Contest
Jimmy Fink, radio host extraordinaire, mentioned our show on his show on 107.1 The Peak radio yesterday and today. Check out the sound bite: MP3 LOADING…. (Photo by Steve Schmitt/TJN)
Jimmy Fink, radio host extraordinaire, mentioned our show on his show on 107.1 The Peak radio yesterday and today. Check out the sound bite: MP3 LOADING…. (Photo by Steve Schmitt/TJN)
Watch all the webisodes in one video here:
The judges rate the Locally Grown recipes and we reveal the winner of the Locally Grown Recipe Contest.
The contestants finish their dishes.
Here’s the second part of the Locally Grown show, where chef Anthony Badagliacca critiques the contestants techniques. (Watch the first part here.)
Grub Street, New York magazine’s food blog, linked to today’s profile on Jeanne Geraci of Mount Vernon, a finalist in our Locally Grown Recipe Contest. As writer Linda Lombroso mentioned in the story, Jeanne had an e-mail conversation with Dan Barber before the contest, so thought it was pretty cool… Read More →
Meet Suzie Fromer of Tarrytown, Bob Madigan of Purdys, Jeanne Geraci of Mount Vernon and Vivian Utko of Armonk, and watch as they start the Locally Grown cook-off at the Blue Hill Kitchen at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture. (Watch it on full screen if you can. Joe… Read More →
We’ll be annoucing the winner of our Locally Grown recipe contest at Harvest Fest at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture on Saturday. (And it will be in the paper and here on the blog after that.) Here’s a little bit about the festival.
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture is one of the partners in the Locally Grown recipe contest, and they have issued an Eat Local challenge: to get everything you eat in August from within 100 miles. They’ve got a month’s worth of programming to help you along. Here’s what’s… Read More →
Local granola, local blueberries, local milk. And a spot of coffee. What’s better than that?
I told you I got the pizza crust out of the freezer on Monday night. Well, we had to use it right? I’m not ashamed to admit: pizza for dinner two nights in a row. (Is a nutritionist reading this? How’m I doin’?) Here we have it before the oven…. Read More →
The last of the leftover chicken from Sunday. Tomatoes from the garden. Onion and olive focaccia from Bread Alone at the Piermont market. At my desk. So sad. Later for a snack I had a peach. Come on, guys! What are you eating local? I’m feelin’ a bit lonely over… Read More →
 French sourdough toast from Bread Alone. Goat cheese from Rainbeau Ridge farm in Bedford. Blueberry jam from Beth’s Farm Kitchen. (I must have picked that up a farm market somewhere… it’s so delicious.) And coffee. With sugar. And at least it’s local milk. And I plucked these from the garden… Read More →
Wow. I did not think this through. I thought I’d be able to make pizza out of a local bread, or get a pizza crust from a local shop and use that. But, I didn’t get organized and the frozen pizza dough I had in the fridge did not thaw… Read More →
Tomatoes from my garden. Mozzarella from Panzanella at the Nyack farm market. Leftover Dines farm chicken. And as a snack? The most delicious blackberries I’ve had in several seasons. They came from Jamaica Dream Farm in Maryland, N.Y. and I got them at the Piermont farm market Sunday. Wow. Wow…. Read More →
Sue Fuirst of Chappaqua says she was inspired, after a trip to the Pleasantville Farmer’s market, to make this sandwich for a tailgate with friends. What do you think of the recipe? Vote below. The reader favorite will win a cookbook. Want to enter the contest yourself? Click here: LoHud.com/LocallyGrown…. Read More →
Blueberries from The Orchards of Concklin. I wish mine were still producing! What did you eat local for breakfast?
Good morning and happy Monday. It’s been so nice lately I hate to think that today is going to be hot and sticky. Well, it is August, even if we’ve been fooled the last couple weeks. Today begins the Eat Local Challenge week on Small Bites. As recommended by Stone… Read More →
Ann Shaw of Croton-on-Hudson says “My friend Linda has been making a version of this lentil salad for years. I’ve changed her recipe to take advantage of the herbs and vegetables from my garden and the farmers’ market.” What do you think of the recipe? Vote below. The reader favorite… Read More →
Karen Symington Muendell of Yorktown Heights says “This is my 6 year old son Devon’s favorite soup. His 4 year old brother Kyan slurps it down, too! I always give my children the same food I eat, so they will develop a taste for different things and eat dishes most… Read More →
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture is one of the partners in the Locally Grown recipe contest, and they have issued an Eat Local challenge: to get everything you eat in August from within 100 miles. They’ve got a month’s worth of programming to help you along. Here’s what’s… Read More →
Phyllis Kirigin of Croton-on-Hudson says “Few soups are as inviting on a hot summer day as a cold gazpacho. My idea of improving upon an already refreshing combination of local fresh produce is to first roast the tomatoes, peppers, onions and garlic to lend that charred, slightly smoky flavor.” What… Read More →
Christine Fiacco of North Salem says “my mother always made stuffed peppers using a rice and meat mixture, but with all I have in my vegetable garden, I have expanded the recipe to include whatever is fresh and ready to eat.” What do you think of the recipe? Vote below…. Read More →
Having planted a potager this spring, Jeanne Geraci of Mt. Vernon wanted to play around with the abundance of goodies that has been growing. What do you think of the recipe? Vote below. The reader favorite will win a cookbook. Want to enter the contest yourself? Click here: LoHud.com/LocallyGrown. The… Read More →
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture is one of the partners in the Locally Grown recipe contest, and they have issued an Eat Local challenge: to get everything you eat in August from within 100 miles. They’ve got a month’s worth of programming to help you along. Here’s what’s… Read More →
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture is one of the partners in the Locally Grown recipe contest, and they have issued an Eat Local challenge: to get everything you eat in August from within 100 miles. They’ve got a month’s worth of programming to help you along. Here’s what’s… Read More →
Today with Farmers Market Loot, I’m announcing a little challenge: Let’s follow the Stone Barns Center Eat Local Challenge for the final week of August: try to have everything you eat come from within a 100-mile radius. Today’s loot, clockwise from the purple potatoes on the bottom left. Potatoes, $4/pound,... Read More →
I know a lot of you usually come to this blog for breaking restaurant news. That’s coming, I promise. We’re working on a fall restuarant preview, and I’ll introduce you to all the new hip places you’re going to want to try over the next few months. But during August,... Read More →
Karen Symington Muendell of Yorktown Heights sent in this recipe for the contest. “I favor quick, fresh dishes for the summer months,” she says. “This is a combination of two recipes I created.” What do you think of the recipe? Vote below. The reader favorite will win a cookbook. Want… Read More →
Kristen Tregar of Ossining came up with this recipe when a friend of hers said she wanted stuffed apples for dinner to celebrate her birthday. “I have since served it at our annual Apple Party, where we and our guests go apple picking, come back and make dinner with our… Read More →