Mary Crimmins

(Photo Source) Don’t you just hate it when you pull those carrots or celery out of the fridge and they are all rubbery? Then you have to chuck them into the trash. Annoying! Well the good news is, you can stop that from happening with a few simple little tips. Chop the Top: For all [...]

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) [...]

Photo: Markus Schreiber / AP Another E. coli attack has already taken 16 lives this week in Europe. The bacteria has been traced back to Germany, but cases have been reported in over 9 countries in Europe.  Most patients who have been interviewed said they ate lettuce, tomatoes or cucumbers, but officials testing produce across [...]

This week I was working the Dairy Air (vintage Airstream trailer) selling local cheeses from Kenny’s Farmhouse cheese, Noble Springs Goat cheese, Gammon Family Dairy Milk, Provence Breads, and Willow Farms eggs at the Woodbine Farmers Market and didn’t get a chance to shop myself. However, I bummed some pictures and prices off my friends. [...]

One of the most frustrating things is to get your beautiful farmers market lettuce out of the fridge only to realize that it is wilty and slimy. That can happen in just hrs if you do not store your greens the right way. If you store wet greens in a sealed plastic bag, they will rot quickly. If [...]