Speaking of new products at the Takoma Park Farmers Market, I was pleased to find Copper Pot Food Co. there, selling its award-winning line of jams and sauces. While pawing through chef Stefano Frigerio's offerings, I unearthed a jam that I hadn't tried before: his Concord grape and grappa, which he apparently tried to Italianate by adding [...]
As I was working my way through the free samples this weekend at the Takoma Park Farmers Market, I noticed some new apples at the Twin Springs Fruit Farm stand. You couldn't miss them, really. Their skins, embedded with tiny vanilla bean-like flecks, practically glowed neon yellow. I bought a couple of the GoldRush apples, [...]
As we head into Thanksgiving, Y&H wants to help you eat like a pilgrim (a Native American, too, because we’re all about equal opportunity eating here). In other words, we want to help you eat locally for the holiday. Almost 400 years ago, the pilgrims had no choice but to eat local. These days, we [...]
