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On Eating with Pleasure
“Eating with the fullest pleasure — pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance — is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world. In this pleasure we experience and celebrate our dependence and our gratitude, for we are living from mystery, from creatures we did not make and powers we cannot…
Read More »Winter on the Farm
If you’re like me, you’ve always wondered what goes on at a farm in the winter. You too have imagined farmers burrowing into the barren soil and remaining there, in a state of hibernation, until the warm weather returns. (Or at least sitting around watching Little House on the Prairie reruns.) For most farms, however,…
Read More »The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 5
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Chefs’ Bookshelf Cookbook Recommendations from Blue Moon’s Favorite Chefs Do you have an aspiring chef among your family or friends? You might consider picking up one of the cookbook recommendations below for young chef. My cousin Sean (12 years old and Thanksgiving’s best sous chef in family history) will likely be seeing one of…
Read More »Geothermal Energy Comes to Pennington!
If you’ve been to our Pennington market, you’ve already experienced it—and probably didn’t even know it. What am I talking about, you ask? Geothermal energy. Our market, harvest room, and upstairs living quarters are regulated using a horizontal geothermal heating/cooling system. Geothermal energy, in its most basic form, is energy that is generated and stored…
Read More »Exciting New Restaurant Coming to Doylestown!
Genevieve DiFilippo is about to realize a life-long dream—again. The owner of the Geneveive’s, the popular Panini shop in downtown Doylestown, is opening another restaurant. “Since I was 14, I always wanted to have my own restaurant,” she says. Her new place will be called, simply, Genevieve’s Kitchen, and will feature a fusion of…
Read More »Eating is an Agricultural Act
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about this statement by Wendell Berry- “Eating is an agricultural act.” What does it mean? It’s a statement of individual empowerment. It’s recognition of consumer power. It reminds us that all humans are involved in agriculture, as we all eat. It demands that we eat with a greater…
Read More »How ‘Bout Them Apples!
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”, the old saying goes. But what if that apple is local, recently-picked, and grown with love? Could it do more than just keep the doctor away? Could it spark a revolution? Amy Manoff of Manoff Market Gardens thinks so. “A well-grown apple is the most basic thing,”…
Read More »The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 4
The Chefs’ Bookshelf- Part 3
This edition of The Chefs’ Bookshelf could be alternatively titled “Chefs Who Own Many Books.” And I thought my own cookbook selection of 10 cookbooks (and Martha Stewart Living back issues) was a lot! The recommendations from our chefs today span a large time period and cover different cooking styles– from a French fine dining…
Read More »Seven Cool Ways to Get Your Compost On!
Imagine a pile of trash 2000 feet tall, one mile wide, and 85 million tons heavy. An enormous pile, almost large enough to be seen from space. That’s how much compostable waste Americans discard in a single year. According to the EPA, food scraps and yard waste account for 20 to 30 percent of what…
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