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Can you eat local all year-round? Yes you can!

Learn to can and preserve food this Saturday, August 8, with Stone Soup Community Kitchen

Many of us who grew up in Kentucky may have memories of going down into our grandparents' cellar to retrieve a jar of green beans, canned the previous summer. I know I do. I also remember the sinister hiss of the pressure cooker as my grandma went about the mysterious business of transforming summer's bounty into winter's sustenance. While it was a familiar sight, the activities themselves were foreign and mysterious. I never understood the alchemy that preserved food.

Discover an alternative to Bardstown Road Farmer's Market

A more relaxed market that’s – gasp – about the food!

RadishesDon’t get me wrong. I heart Bardstown Road Farmer’s Market as much as the next person. But admit it, isn’t it more about being seen with your hand-crafted Ecuadorian re-usable hemp bag than actually buying some food for the week?

Local Seasonal Eating: What's cooking in the farm share this week?

In the basket this week -- candy onions, Siberian kale, green onions, two baby lettuces, cucumber, zucchini, arrowhead cabbage and lemon thyme

Tis the season to bring home food I would never purposely buy, and figure out what to do with it. Our farm share with Misty Meadows Farm (http://www.mistymeadowsfarm.vpweb.com/) has started up again. This means that instead of planning menus and then grocery shopping in search of ingredients every week, my husband and I plan recipes around what we receive in our share that week.

Get it at the markets this week

Starring this week at Louisville farmer’s markets: radishes

Farmer’s markets are starting to swing around Louisville now. I can’t stay away, even when it’s just eggs, over-wintered greens and green tomatoes. But I was gone for a couple of weeks and voila!

Keeping the stimulus money home: Sugarbaker’s Classy Consignments

Each week Dana McMahan will spend her payroll stimulus at a local business. Up first, a bargain shopping expedition.

I was disappointed when I learned our latest stimulus wouldn’t come in a single payment. So much for buying airfare to some exotic destination!