Mary Crimmins

Eating seasonally is how I operate my life. I don’t buy berries in the winter, and I don’t buy beets and carrots during the heat of the summer. However, at the end of every season something happens: I get seasonal fatigue. Last week at the Market, I didn’t buy any produce. Seeing that yellow squash [...]

Left – Store Bought Organic Blueberries Right – Local Farmers Market Blueberries There are many reasons to eat local. Sustainability, support of local economy, and nutrition are just a few of them. However, there is one reason that trumps all logic and that is flavor. At the end of the day, we want to eat [...]

Last week I wrote a post asking you to leave a comment with locavore questions you wanted answered.  The only comment I received was from mega blogger and efficiency king Michael Hyatt (who also happens to be my dad- thanks Dad!). So without further ado, I will answer his question. When you walk into a farmers market, it [...]

I’ve been eating mostly raw now for 5 days, and have realized that I still need to satisfy my sweet tooth. My sister mentioned that I try making a raw sorbet – apparently it’s all the rage on Pinterest right now. So off to the Farmers Market I went to gather my ingredients. Luckily, I [...]

I woke up to lots of rain this morning. I can’t help but get a little anxious knowing what the Farmers and Market Mangers must be thinking about their customer base dropping with each drop. But, by the time our local Market started the rain had stopped, I packed up my umbrella (just in case) [...]

I am so excited that it is Spring, and one of the major reasons is because it’s strawberry season. Every week I over zealously buy local strawberries and then remember that it’s only my husband and I that have to get through all of them – and quickly. Real local strawberries mean they are usually [...]

I am the queen on impulse buying. I am drawn to pretty and expensive things. Each week at the Farmers Market I pull out my money before I even ask the question if I’m going to be home enough to cook something, what can I make with this, and most importantly do I want to [...]