Mid August and the livin’ is delicious! Sure, come November you’ll be all about turkey stuffing and gravy and such, but here in the summer sun, it’s all about instant gratification. Peaches and plums and sweet sticky goodness that you can eat out of hand. And watermelon! OK, that might take a little work, getting to the goods, but once …
The Long Hot Summer
It’s no secret…2024 has been the hottest summer on record since we began measuring this sort of thing. (Yes, Paul Newman starred in the movie…so just give me a moment.)….. OK, we’re good…continuing on… Here in mid-August, we finally got a taste of the summer we were expecting in early June. Bright blue sky, puffy white clouds and just enough …
Tomato – Tomahto
Whoa! Just looked at the calendar. Did you know that it’s August already? The good news is that it’s also the tomatoes all ready season! To answer the age old question: fruit or vegetable, my answer is always: Do we care? And “Do I have tomato seeds in my teeth?” From the cherry-sized pop-in-your-mouth or the big-enough-to-cover-a-slice-of-bread size, the best …
Game On!
As per usual, I started this article with a look at the seasonal calendar for inspiration…as do we all, right? So now here we are, in our particular corner of the world smack in the middle of the three most bountiful months of the season. Whether you are looking for sweet and juicy or crispy crunchy…July through September is a …
Beauty and the Beets
The lines started early at Tucquan’s last Saturday. The summer squash and zucchini were on display at one end and the leafy greens beans and beets held up the other. In between were the melons, sweet corn, tomatoes, peaches and blackberries. We shoppers always start out politely enough, until we see that someone is handling the very tomato that we’ve …
Cool as a …Cantaloupe
Even before they were unloaded onto the table you could smell them…that deep, musky sweet aroma…no need to pick them up and thump or stroke…these ‘lopes were ready, and I was willing. And after stowing it in my car for the morning, and aided by the 90+° thermometer, 4 hours later, I was, dear reader, positively giddy with the perfume. …
What’s cookin’…besides you?
As I sit down to type, I’m wishing that my brain were feeling as sharp as the knives (very) that Hot Knives Paul* honed for me yesterday. Instead, I feel like it’s melting. In case you hadn’t noticed…It’s HOT! *and yes, Paul can now sharpen your shears. But life goes on…farmers gotta farm and people gotta eat…so we were right …
The Day the Music almost Died
Those of you who were at the LFM last Saturday may or may not have noticed, but less than two hours in, the Landing and the entire block of shops lost power. That included our itinerant musician, who had traveled from Coatesville to entertain us. Tragedy? Nope…because Hot Knives Paul, our resident man with the whetstone, came to the rescue …
It’s Too Darn Hot!
Click Here: It’s Too Darn Hot! HooWhee it was hot. How hot was it, you ask? Well, we didn’t have any eggs to fry, but if you had rolled one of Tucquan’s peaches across the midway you might have ended up with peach cobbler when it got to the other side. That kind of hot. Hold UP! Did I say …
The Fathers of our Country
Most of the time, the main topics of my ramblings are all about food and fun…but once in a while I have to give props to the other ingredient of the Market experience…the SHOPPERS! As I sit and type this, it is the 53rd Fathers Day I’ve celebrated with one of the best in the game, and so it wouldn’t …