Check out the new farmers market at North Haven
Check it out, that is, on video here. EatGreenDFW.com hosted its first Sunday farmers market with several local producers at North Haven Gardens Sunday. ‘Looks like they had a good turnout and plan to...
View ArticleNeed tomato plants? See Roger Heddin at Dallas Farmers Market
Roger Heddin, the most recent farmer to be certified local by the Dallas Farmers Market, says that he will have lots of potted tomato plants for those of you thinking of growing your own. These can...
View ArticleEarly peach sighting at Whole Foods Market
YES! Fresh peach season has begun with Whole Foods Market’s organic Mexican peaches. Every year, these peaches surprise me: They’re in way ahead of the local season (no wonder, given where they’re...
View ArticleGreat farmers market shopping tips from Coppell
Marilyn Horton, who oversees the Coppell Farmers Market, wrote this insightful piece in the market’s e-newsletter. It’s called “Farmers market vs. grocery store.” Can’t find what you want at the...
View ArticleEarly season farmers market orbit leads to 1015s
As I write this, I am enjoying my first 1015 onion of the season from the Dallas Farmers Market Shed No. 1. All I do is cut off the top and bottom, make a little hollow, add some butter and olive oil,...
View ArticleAdd two new farmers markets in Dallas
It’s officially farmers market season, kicked off with expanded coverage (my stories) and a list of area markets, what they sell, when and the rest of the 411 in the GuideDaily section. Here are two...
View ArticleThe miracle of Texas strawberries
Five years ago, you could barely find a Texas-grown strawberry. We were forced to settle for hard, under-ripe, tasteless orbs grown for their sturdy shipping qualities. Flavor? Meh. Today, during a...
View ArticleHam Orchards opens Friday with Texas peaches
For those of you who can’t wait to get the first, fresh Texas peach in your mouth, Ham Orchards east of Dallas will open for the 2009 season Friday. “We’ve got the best crop we’ve had in 30 years,”...
View ArticleJ.T. Lemley brings first peaches to Dallas Farmers Market
J.T. Lemley just told me that he and his crew are picking peaches today at his farm near Canton and will bring them to the Dallas Farmers Market to his stall in Shed No. 1 tomorrow. He also is...
View ArticleEden’s Organic gets radio time – in Iowa (but we can listen)
Marie Tedei of Eden’s Organic Garden Center writes to say she will be “visiting with Michael Libbie of Rural Lifestyle on Highway 6 radio show next Sunday at 8 a.m. Go here http://tinyurl.com/5qgdpp...
View ArticleSpiceman’s ‘pick your own’ local and specialty produce
Tom Spicer, who supplies chefs and the rest of us out of his F-M 1410 on Fitzhugh, has a bunch of new items to crow about. Out back, he’s growing snow peas – he picks ‘em and they are $20 a pound, you...
View ArticleMake pickles from picklers the easy way
If you’re in the farmers market swing, you know pickler cucumbers are getting ready to come off their vines. Maybe you’d like to know what to do if you buy a bunch? I just got a fun tweet on Twitter...
View ArticleWall-to-wall farmers – almost – at Dallas Farmers Market
I decided to see for myself today what’s shakin’ in Shed No. 1 at the Dallas Farmers Market, and it was definitely filled with farmers, a few ranchers, the Texas Honeybee Guild (in costume) and more....
View ArticleTexas blueberries arrive, prices tumble
Blueberry prices plunged from last week to this week as Texas blueberries started arriving in quantity. I saw this at Whole Foods Market, where a half-pint was $2.99 a week ago and a pint was $3.99...
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Heirloom Japanese cucumber at Coppell Farmers Market
I thought I was getting to the Coppell Farmers Market soooo early because I was there at 9 a.m. Already, Gene Holmes‘ field tomatoes – the first he’s picked this season – were gone from his … [visit...
View ArticleWant to pick a peach?
The peach-killing freeze that got a lot of Northwest Texas and the Hill Country missed the Red River Peach Orchard, a 1,000-tree, pick-your-own orchard near Gainesville. “We have a large crop of...
View ArticleNew Dallas Farmers Market Web site and tomorrow’s tomatoes
When you get a chance, check out the Dallas Farmers Market‘s new, revamped Web site. It tells you all about the farmers and farm merchants, the sheds, what to ask a farmer and so on. It’s at...
View ArticleAnother reason to hit the DFM early: apricots
Like the previous post says, it will be the early birds who get J.T. Lemley‘s first field tomatoes. He plans to be up and selling Saturday at 7:30 a.m. in his stall in Shed No. 1. Here are a couple...
View ArticleOutside goes in and farm tour info from EatGreenDFW
The Milestone Farmers Market, which takes place the third Sunday of every month, is moving the EatGreenDFW.com farmers, ranchers and artisanal producers – and their customers – inside to beat the heat....
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Fairmont hotel garden expands to 3,000 sq ft
Last night, I attended a dinner to unveil the Pyramid Restaurant‘s new menu (as a guest of the hotel’s PR guy). It’s a good menu, with appealing selections like the sesame-lacquered tuna sashimi over...
View ArticleLocavore dinner with the Guernsey crowd
The annual meeting of the American Guernsey Association comes to the Dallas area Saturday, and with it, a locavore dining op. When the Guernsey breeders and owners from around the world sit down to...
View ArticleTraffic note at Coppell Farmers Market
This Saturday is a special summer market celebration at Coppell Farmers Market, with craft vendors, music and more. But if you go, note that the part of South Coppell Road east of the market will be...
View ArticleCan’t get to a farmers market? Try EatGreenDFW
Eat-GreenDFW.com, the online connection for several area sustainable producers and partner in the Milestone Farmers Market (third Sunday of the month), has added a new source, Tucker Farms near Ennis....
View ArticleShopping for a whole meal at a farmers market
It was so much fun tagging along as chef/consultant/Slow Food leader Claudine Martyn shopped for a meal at the McKinney Farmers Market; she’s featured in my story on today’s GuideDaily cover. Several...
View ArticleThis is the Saturday for White Rock Local Market
For those on the east-ish side of Dallas, this is the weekend for the White Rock Local Market, a newbie this year, 8 a.m. to noon, on the second Saturday of every month. This week, look for regular and...
View ArticleWhite Rock Local Market: talk about pent-up demand
I cruised by White Rock Local Market yesterday at Green Spot Market & Fuels, and holy moly, what a mob scene, in the best sense. The parking spillith over onto neighborhood streets; ‘hope folks who...
View ArticleBest pickled jalapenos with farmers markets pods
While I was checking out/shopping the White Rock Local Market, I spied the most gorgeous, almost blinding green jalapenos from Oak Ridge Valley Farms. Gene Holmes and family, who own Oak Ridge in Grand...
View ArticlePeaches and tomatoes fading fast at farmers markets
Farmer J.T. Lemley called to tell me that this will be the last weekend to buy boxes of peaches from him. “We still have peaches and will about two more weeks,” he said. That, and the fact the Ham...
View ArticleGet unusual produce and herbs at Milestone FM Sunday
Tom Motley, whom I mentioned in the McKinney Farmers Market story featuring Slow Foods Leader Claudine Martyn, will be at the Milestone Farmers Market this Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. He’s the one who...
View ArticlePomegranates already? Yes, at Central Market
I couldn’t believe my eyes over the weekend: There were new-crop pomegranates in the produce section at Central Market. I’ve never seen them this early before. Oh well, more variety for us. I also...
View ArticleRick Bayless taps Texas tomatoes for special salsa
Whole Foods Market introduces Frontera Farmers’ Market Tomato Salsa with two chiles and chives made with Texas heirloom tomatoes on Saturday. “For our 2009 Frontera Farmers Market Heirloom Tomato...
View ArticleRosemeade gets it right
When a reader alerted me to a new farmers-style market at Rosemeade Market and Greenhouse, I was dubious, although the concept of pairing a nursery and fresh produce isn’t so far fetched. I had...
View ArticleJohn Lucido is back with cucuzza
At the Dallas Farmers Market, John Lucido is selling his gorgeous cucuzza for a dollar a piece. That’s probably because no one knows what to do with them. They’re similar in texture to a chayote squash...
View ArticleFalling into the Dallas Farmers Market
I made a stop by Shed No. 1 at the Dallas Farmers Market today, and we are definitely transitioning into fall. J.T. Lemley has lots of sweet potatoes and squash varieties from his East Texas farm, but...
View ArticleFrisco Farmers Market extended two weeks
Due to popular demand, the Frisco Farmers Market at Frisco Square has been extended two weeks through Sept. 26. More than 25 vendors sell there, including Truth Hill Farms and Sloans Creek Heritage...
View ArticleEndangered: Dallas neighborhood farmers markets
If you’re a fan of the neighborhood farmers markets that have been popping up this year within the Dallas city limits, check out Sherry Jaconbson’s story on the front page of the Dallas Morning News...
View ArticleNew York Times: Dramatic E. coli example
What timing. As if to underscore the absurdity of enforcing the letter of the law vs. coming up with reasonable changes that fit the current situation where farmers markets are concerned, the New York...
View ArticleCheck out all the farmers market news
Big news from McKinney: The folks at Chestnut Square are in talks to add a farmers market at Adriatica on the west side of town. Bad news from J.T.Lemley: All that rain, which we needed, knocked out...
View ArticleTexas apples at Coppell Farmers Market
Just a word to let you know that Jack Finley of Finley Farms in Lipan, Texas, will have Texas-grown apples at his stall Saturday at the Coppell Farmers Market. I bought a killer watermelon from him...
View ArticleTucker Farms offers new CSA
Community Supported Agriculture - that’s when you chip in some cash now in return for a season’s worth of fresh fruit and vegetables. Tucker Farms is a newly formed CSA offering 32 weeks of home-grown...
View ArticleWow factor: Four Seasons Market Saturday
I don’t know about you, but I plan to make it out to Firewheel Town Center Saturday for the inaugural Four Seasons Market. The list of local vendors as of today (which includes more than food...
View Article‘Sustainable agriculture’ talk and dinner Monday
It’s not too late to sign up for Celebration Restaurant’s Dinner with Dialogue tomorrow night. The topic is sustainable agriculture and the speakers are Pamela Walker, author of Growing Good Things to...
View Article‘Just Food’ author stirs up food fight
Author and Texas State University-San Marcos prof James McWilliams didn’t actually start a food fight at the “Ethics of Food: A Symposium” last week at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture....
View ArticleMarkets tonight, Saturday and Sunday
White Rock Local Market teams up with Mockingbird Station to provide an evening farmers market from 5 to 9 tonight. That means lots of specialty food vendors, maybe a farmer or two, some artists and...
View ArticleEast Texas tomato sighting at Dallas Farmers Market
Farmer Jack Roach had beautiful East Texas field tomatoes at his table in Dallas Farmers Market‘s Shed No. 1 that he grew in Lindale. When I told him J.T. Lemley’s crop had been washed out by the rain...
View ArticleFarm-fresh tomatoes and more here now at area restaurants
What do Bolsa, Tillman’s Roadhouse, Stephan Pyles, Parigi, York Street, Rathbun’s Blue Plate Special, Shinsei, the new Bailey’s Prime Plus, Central 214, Suze, Cadillac Ranch (Irving), the Gaylord Texan...
View ArticleFour Seasons vendors go gifty tomorrow
Four Seasons Market, our first year-round, weekly European-style market and farmers market, will set up from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Firewheel, and several vendors are offering Christmas-y gift things....
View ArticleJoel Salatin: sustainable guru or rock star?
It was hard to tell last night whether Joel Salatin was the guru of sustainable farming or a rock star. At a walk-around dinner and reception for him at the Art Centre of Plano, fans swarmed at every...
View ArticleHow Spicer’s garden grows (and produces)
When you’re looking for local produce, don’t forget that Tom Spicer almost always has something interesting growing or coming in at his FM1410. Although he primarily supplies restaurateurs, anyone’s...
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Cook’s challenge: go all-local with Texas foods
Have you ever gone to the farmers market and gotten a wonderful array of goods, only to get home and wonder “now what?” Special contributor Tina Danze took on the challenge of going all-local for …...
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