New at the Waynesboro Farmers Market this week: music provided by Roger Merchant, activities for children and a new vendor, Roller’s Bakery, selling whole-grain breads, cookies, giant sticky buns and chocolate cake.
Vendors from last week said sales were increasing, and a steady crowd moved between tables in the Waynesboro Pavilion, picking up honey, vegetable plants, [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Market adds festive touch to weekly shopping
Posted in Local people, Virginia food on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a miracle
Posted in Local people, Virginia food on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In abandoned orchards and in secret spots often guarded jealously by families, people are gathering morels, the distinctive mushrooms that pop up literally overnight after a spring rain. They’re often called “merkels” because these meaty and indescribable delicacies are stars among the thousands of miracles of spring in the mountains. Veteran hunters swear that finding a [...]
Everything you need is right here
Posted in Local people, Virginia food, Virginia wine on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s what Amy Childs said about the Waynesboro Farmers Market, reappearing at the downtown pavilion after several years’ absence. She was right. It was easy to envision a meal made entirely from the homegrown products on display at the market’s rebirth: farm-raised chickens and pork, homemade breads, homegrown grains, asparagus and watercress from Heartland Harvest [...]
Greens, eggs and sausage
Posted in Virginia food on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At the Staunton-Augusta Farmers Market, I bought some fat bags of creasey, a wonderful spring vegetable I think of almost as a yearly tonic. Creasey always makes me remember Aunt Lucy Barlow, now long gone. In the tiny Southside community of Sugar Hill, Aunt Lucy began her search for creasey as soon as she could [...]
Fast food five: first bite
Posted in Dining, health on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Which would you choose?
Health magazine chose five restaurants to honor for making fast food a little healthier. While on the road this week, I had a chance to try a couple of the magazine’s selections. At Au Bon Pain (in Washington’s Union Station and other locations throughout the city) hungry travelers can choose between more than a dozen different [...]
