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Unfreezing from a yummy winter.

Skyfish — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:44:19 +0000

It’s that time of year again and the Farmer’s Market is buzzing again with locals unfreezing from the winter! Some of us faithfully stuck with our markets, snapping up yummy winter veggies with gusto…even fattening up with yummy chocolate sweets.

Delights from our Kitchen contributing!

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:02:35 +0000

Introducing Delights from our Kitchen, our first commercial contributor! DFK will be sharing updates and recipes from Union City, New Jersey as they traverse the culinary threshold. We all wish them a warm welcome.

Happy Girl Kitchen Co.

Moonbug — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:39:40 +0000

Happy Girl Kitchen Co ketchup

Ok so I’ve never had homemade or organic ketchup before. It was always Heinz for me but when I came across Happy Girl Kitchen Co with their beautiful tent at the downtown Farmer’s Market I had to give in and spend more money than I’m used to for this ketchup. I’m glad I did. It’s soo good we actually say “what can we make to put this delicious ketchup on?”. If you ever see them stop by and say hello. The guy that helped me was great and very helpful.

You can buy some of their goods online too. Check them out at http://happygirlkitchen.com/

CupCake Camp in San Francisco!

Moonbug — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:26:12 +0000

Our Batallion of Almond Yoshimis patiently waited for deployment!

CupCake Camp was so much fun! In fact it was such a success that the volunteers could barely keep up with demand! Sadly this meant that actually eating a dozen or so cupcakes (as I’d planned) wasn’t possible – still, the four or five cupcakes that I was able to steal a bite of were great; my favorite was chocolate with mint buttercream, proving once again that you can’t go wrong with chocolate. Our time to shine was 3:15, with the introduction of our Almond Yoshimi cupcake, a variation of Bizcocho Borracho, a Puerto Rican wedding favorite!

Go Farmer Cooker, go! Pretty ladies and yummy cupcakes - what could possibly be better?

Our jumbo-sized cupcakes were a hit with the crowd – surprisingly one of the few sweet varieties available at Cupcake Camp. Many bakers brought some very yummy bacon-topped and mushroom-filled options, so we were very happy to offer lucky tasters a fluffy, sweet bite (or three!) of our very own almond-infused creation. Naturally the tasters swelled at our table until *zoom!* every last cupcake was gone.

And the crowd went wild! Lines formed instantly and many people were sadly turned away - nonetheless 36 lucky visitors (and their closest friends) got a taste of Almond Yoshimi!

In all a great event, thanks so much to Ariel Waldman & company for providing an opportunity for everyone at pier 38 to enjoy and share cupcake creations! Need the recipe for Almond Yoshimi? It’s coming soon!

Farmers Market at the White House

Skyfish — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:21:19 +0000

Small, local farms are on the rise! Seems the administrative branch is ready to embrace and support local farming on a wide scale, including a pilot program for food stamp exchange at farmers markets. This is big, people: the White House now has its very own farmers market, the first since Thomas Jefferson was in office.

Preparing for Cupcake Camp

Skyfish — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:54:15 +0000

No recipes this week because we’ve been baking up a storm preparing for Cupcake Camp! We started with a very nice Red Velvet cake – delicious but lacking inspiration. We decided to switch at the last minute with something Moonbug came up with – visit the party at Pier 38 tomorrow and taste for yourself!

Bread Experiment Creates Inedible Brick

Skyfish — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:44:23 +0000

Sadly the bread recipe that required the lard turned out to be a dud. Was it inedible? Not if you like eating cinnamon cardboard. I don’t blame the lard – it was the recipe. Lesson learned: don’t trust recipes you find on the internet count on a shot in the dark for perfect Pan Sobao the first time. The experiment will continue as long as I still have some lard to sacrifice for perfect, fluffy white bread!

Santa Cruz Farmers Market

Moonbug — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:14:55 +0000

Mowgli the Sauerkraut seller is the opposite of creepy and knows his fermented cabbage. A stuffed tub of smoked jalapeno will set you back about 6 bucks and is awesome to the last bite!

Our weekly farmers market trip brought us to Cedar Street in downtown Santa Cruz. In the hopes of finding some free-range lard for a certain bread-making experiment we discovered some other culinary interests: Farmhouse Culture, sellers of Sauerkraut, Happy Girl Kitchen’s “Yum” ketchup, and some damn fine dried Apricots from Apricot King. Seriously, those things should be illegal.

We left with the essential supplies: carrots, onion, honey and delicious tomatoes – not to mention some honey, sauerkraut and apricots. Oh right, and we got some lard too! Back to the kitchen!

Fudge Failure

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:21:01 +0000

So yummy, but also so dry and grainy.

Our first blog was going to be about Fudge but a failure to communicate simple recipe directions plus a cranky sleepy one-year old equaled a delicious tasting grainy brick.

Farmer Cooker Launch!

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:34:49 +0000

So happy to be here! This Wednesday: a merry jaunt to the Santa Cruz (Pacific Avenue) farmers market for yummy inspiration! Also, recipes for homespun carrot garnish, canned dill beans, turkey burger sliders, and another daring attempt at making some yummy fudge! We’re so excited, so delighted – everything is going so welll!