Another Toronto Farmers’ Market Map
I found this map on the Toronto Farmers’ Market Network site today; it combines the calendar and map information into one by using different coloured pushpins for different days, and having the market hours in the popup if you click on the pushpin. Nice work! View Toronto Farmers Markets 2010 in a larger map It [...]
When And Where Are All Those Toronto Farmers’ Markets?
Thanks for all the great feedback on the St. Andrew’s market update yesterday: we’re all sad that it’s not happening this year, but hopeful for next year. In the meantime, I started to mark my calendar with the other markets close to me, realized that it was too much info for my private calendar so [...]
Alas, St. Andrew’s MyMarket Is No More (For Now)
Last year, we (the local volunteer committee) worked with the MyMarket organization, the farmers and the City of Toronto to help bring you the Historic St. Andrew’s MyMarket. I blogged a number of times about the market, including this last update in March following the planning meeting that was held with MyMarket, the farmers and [...]
MyMarket Planning Meeting
I spent half of yesterday at a planning meeting for this year’s MyMarkets, run by Farmers’ Markets Ontario: several of the farmers showed up, plus volunteers from some of the five markets. We spent an hour on each of the markets, with the farmers discussing what worked and didn’t work at that market, things that [...]
The Little Market That Can
2009 was the first year of the Historic St. Andrew’s MyMarket, and we’re hoping that it wasn’t the last: a meeting tomorrow could decide our fate. A bit of history: the Historic St. Andrew’s MyMarket is one of five verified (that is, the vendors are verified to sell only their own produce) farmers’ markets in [...]
MyMarket 2009 Year-End Review
After spending the summer and part of the fall as a volunteer at the local St. Andrew’s farmer’s market, I thought that I’d seen the last of that great group of people – the farmers, the Farmers’ Market Ontario team and the other volunteers – until next year, but I didn’t count on the year-end [...]
Pan Roasted Duck Magret with Ontario Peach and Coriander Cress
Another great recipe from Chris Zielinski from last week’s cooking demo Ingredients 1 Quebec duck breast (magret from moulard duck) Sea salt Extra Virgin Olive oil 2 ripe peaches Coriander seedlings I [Chris] like to serve this recipe over an arugula salad with candied walnuts in summer or root vegetable barley in the fall. A [...]
Chris Zielinski’s Lake Erie Pickerel with Ontario Peach Salsa
Here’s the recipe from last week’s cooking demo Ingredients 6 boneless Lake Erie Pickerel filets 1 tbsp butter 1tbsp olive oil 3 ripe Ontario peaches 1 heirloom or vine ripe tomato 2 jalapeno peppers ½ tsp ginger 1 clove garlic 12 thai basil leaves 12 mint leaves 2 sliced scallions Juice of 2 limes 1 [...]
Dinner at Tutti Matti
A few weeks ago, Chef Alida Solomon from Tutti Matti gave a cooking demo at our local St. Andrew’s Market, where she cooked baby heirloom tomatoes with garlic, olive oil, salt and fresh basil to make a delicious sauce for pasta. The fates conspired against getting a large pot of water to the boil that [...]
Hungry geek presentation
Here’s the video to go with the slides from my previous post: Ignite T.O. Sandy Kemsley -The Hungry Geek from Ignite Toronto on Vimeo.
