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March 2014 Events in Pennington
Saturday, March 1 8, 10:30am-noon: SUSTAINABLE SATURDAY Kid Food- I Hate Mushrooms! Alan and Julie Horrigan of Shibumi Farms teach participants how to make Shiitake bacon and provide tips for getting kids (and adults) to eat whole foods. Their own kids hated mushrooms when they got into the gourmet mushroom business! Light refreshments provided. First five…
Read More »Five Ridiculously Easy-to-Grow Vegetables
Believe it or not, spring is right around the corner! And you know what that means—time to start planning your garden. Below are five delicious, nutritious, and easy-to-grow vegetables. 1. Beets. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, beets are hearty, healthy, and easy-to-grow. Plant in spring after soil has warmed and dried out. Avoid soil…
Read More »Living Local: Recommendations from Food Producers, Marketers, Consumers, and Advocates on How to Live a Local Life
I am excited to begin this next blog series, and share with you recommendations from some of Blue Moon’s partners and friends who exemplify the local life. We’ll read through suggestions on raising chickens, buying local, being flexible on price, supporting local farmers, gardening basics, and more. Our first Living Local recommendation comes from Mike…
Read More »First Friday with GnomeNculture and Enlightened Chocolates.
Join us for the February installment of our free “meet your producer” series in Pennington. You could potentially leave with a very unique art-and-food package for your Valentine. Sample decadent, yet healthy, raw and vegan chocolates with Lisa Leleu: owner of Enlightened Chocolates by Tree of Love. Lauren O’Neill of GnomeNculture will demonstrate her craft…
Read More »Growing Lettuce in the Winter?!
Shh—do you hear that sound? That’s the sound of your favorite vegetables growing. In the winter. That’s right, Blue Moon Acres is still at it, even in January. In concert with our Pennington Market’s new winter hours, we’re offering an array of in-season, local, New Jersey Grown veggies. Cabbage, leeks, scallions, beets, kale, collards, spinach,…
Read More »Blue Moon Acres Featured In I Love New York Cookbook
I HEART NY Cookbook —Daniel Humm and Will Guidara Daniel Humm and Will Guidara’s second cookbook, I HEART NY, was inspired by a question: “What is New York Cuisine?” The nearly 150 recipes, based on the region’s centuries-old farming traditions, provide the delicious answer. In researching these traditions, the pair toured scores of…
Read More »Blue Moon Acres Featured In Eleven Madison Park Cookbook
Eleven Madison Park —Daniel Humm, Will Guidara Eleven Madison Park just may be the most beautiful cookbook ever assembled. Inspired by the progressive French restaurant bearing the same name, Daniel Humm and Will Guidara’s premier collaborative effort contains more than 160 recipes spanning four seasons, featuring dishes that resemble works of high art. And…
Read More »Blue Moon Acres Featured In Avec Eric Cookbook
Avec Eric — Eric Ripert In writing his latest cookbook, Avec Eric: A Culinary Journey with Eric Ripert, celebrity- chef Eric Ripert envisioned himself as a “home cook who invited his friends for a simple meal.” The 100+ recipe tour-de-force begins at Le Bernadin, Ripert’s current haunt, then sets out for California, Tuscany, the Cayman…
Read More »The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 6
Chef Kenny Kunz is a thoughtful, deliberate cook, who carefully considers his work in the kitchen and the dishes he is preparing. The cookbooks he recommends for us are true classics from the greats. Kenny Kunz Cook, Ulivo, Philadelphia, PA Recommended Cookbooks: A Return to Cooking, Eric Ripert The French Laundry Cookbook, Thomas Keller Italian…
Read More »First Friday at the Farm January: Beef and Olive Oil
Visit our Pennington market January 10th from 4pm-7pm for our monthly First Friday (SECOND Friday now due to weather!) Meet TWO of our favorite producers and taste a delicious recipe made with both of their products: organic, single grove, Tunisian Olive Oils from Mediterranean Delicacies and pasture raised, local meats form Tullamore Farms. Abdel’s family in Tunisia…
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