2012 Food Trends: What’s hot?
LOCALLY GROWN MEATS, fruit and produce, gluten-free food and signature sandwiches will be among the hot trends this year, according to “What’s Hot,” the National Restaurant Assn. survey of 1,800 chefs. “Local sourcing—from meat and fish, to produce, to wine and beer—is a big trend,” says Joy Dubost of the Restaurant Assn. Other trends are [...]
Persimmon Cookies
2 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground clove
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup persimmon pulp
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup nuts
1 cup raisin
Mix dry ingredients and put aside.
Mix wet ingredients well. Add dry ingredients mixing until blended. Add nuts and raisin
Drop by spoonfuls on lightly greased sheets. Bake at [...]
Fresh, local feasts for the holidays
In the foothills, the possibilities abound for preparing a fresh, local feast for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah or New Year’s. Here are some suggestions for finding the ingredients and preparing it:
Farmers Markets
“They’re only for summer,” you might think. Not so. The Foothill Farmers Market in Auburn is open year-round on Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon at the [...]
Sinclair Family Farm in Penryn now has pork!
Sinclair Family Farm of Penryn has added pork to its offerings of grass-fed lamb and beef, pastured poultry and cage-free pasture raised eggs.
We ordered some ham, pork chops and spare ribs from Sinclair Family Farm this month, and all of them were delicious.
“Our pigs are following along with our other livestock and are pasture [...]
Fresh, local feasts
Historians aren’t sure what topped the table for the Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving. But they suspect lobster, venison and partridge were on the menu — and not ham, pumpkin pie or mashed potatoes.
The Pilgrims were the original “locavores” and now, after decades of factory farming and processed foods, many people have come full circle. They desire [...]
Sinclair Family Farm for pasture-raised lamb
WITH ALL THE BUZZ ABOUT FACTORY farming, more people are looking for meat from animals raised in pastures on small farms.
The foothills provide many choices: Nevada County Free Range Beef, Coffee Pot Ranch for pork and Chapel Farm for buffalo.
Sinclair Family Farm in Penryn is the place to go for naturally raised lamb. [...]
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