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On her website Food in Color, Gene Dalais shares her recipe for Maple Sugar Crepes using maple sugar from Mohawk Valley Trading Company. “Let me tell you crepes have always intimidated me. If I can, anyone can. I was especially intimidated after our trip to...

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It's Almost Time...

Capelli Farms   -   Jun 21, 2019 - By CapelliFarms

Happy Summer! It's been too long at the farm, BUT the time is nearing for our 2019 opening! We are very excited to be back and see our wonderful customers! We are almost ready to open. We are working daily for the first week of July! That is when we plan...

On his website Spoonabilities, Carlos Leo shares his recipe for Honey Cheesecake with Honey-Thyme Drizzle using Raw Summer Wildflower Honey from Mohawk Valley Trading Company. “No-Bake Honey Cheesecake is a quick & easy dessert recipe with a light,...

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Bringing In The Harvest In May

Highland Orchards Farm Market   -   May 31, 2019 - By Highland Orchards

May started out imitating the first half of April—cold and wet, and cold and wet. We snagged a warm day, then chilly and windy nights threatened early plantings. Finally, starting the second half of the month—it warmed up! I always feel like a merry-go-round...

On her website Food in Color, Gene Dalais shares her recipe for Honey Nut Latte using Raw Goldenrod Honey from Mohawk Valley Trading Company. “Home style honey nut lattes are so ridiculously easy.  Barista style coffee in the comfort of your own home...

Miami is a splendid place! We have such a fabulous mix of exotic tropical and sub-tropical fruits growing here, it's mind-boggling! And all of these fruit trees create nectar and pollen that make our bees so happy! One of the things we enjoy most is when...

a very big way. There's flowers on the tomatoes. There's already several peppers that are ready to pick or were ready to pick & have been enjoyed already. This year we have several varieties of squash & cucumbers (including yellow), tomatoes,...

This article from Martha is in June/July 2019 Martha Stewart Living magazine.  She no longer seems to have Ameraucana, and no roosters in her Bedford, New York house (she sold the place in Litchfield) but lots of hens for a multi-coloured basket.

It's my favorite time of the year, when our Summer Kitchen welcomes new canners who are excited about the prospect of filling their own jars with the beautiful colors of summer. Our cannery, The Jam and Jelly Lady, was rated the Best Food...