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Welcome to Chesapeake Foodie.com
JULY
2008
The Weekly Market Basket
at A Cook's Café Four Ways to Par-tay Parsimoniously
with guest columnist, Dave Lewis of Hair O' The Dog Blueberries -- and Blueberry
Recipes from Rachel Rappaport Rachel's popular site and blog, Coconut & Lime, features her own original recipes, and she's from right here in Chesapeake Foodie-land. We're pleased to team up
with her for delicious ways to use What's in Season.
The Way of Mole: Mexican Mole Sauces In Archives: Berries and Cherries, Fordham's Beer, Town Dock in St. Michaels, St. Brigid's Pastured Beef and Veal, and
Fun Gourmet Part I & II.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
It's Buy Local Week in Maryland! "Use one Maryland-produced item a day." That's the challenge, folks, laid before us this week during "Buy
Local Week" in Maryland. Yesterday, Chesapeake Foodie, whistling happily in the 90-degree heat, visited the Governor's
mansion for a backyard bash and did our fair share for Day One.
Eight whole days, from July 19th to the 27th. Yes,
eight days. The explanation -- it's either an opportunity to bookend your week with two visits to Maryland farmers markets,
or because our farmers work so hard, they can cram eight days of work into a seven-day week. (Many appreciative chuckles at this.)
The event was a total foodfest. The heat was
sweltering. The remarks, from our Secretary of Ag, Lieutenant Governor, Guv and Christine Bergmark of the Southern Maryland
Ag Development Commission, were kept blessedly short. And the food, oh, my heavens, the food...all local, all fab. See list
below.*
[Note: For you celebrity watchers, we noticed the governor had two (two!) hamburgers, one at least with
Chapel's Cheddar Cheese, potato salad, Perdue barbecued chicken and Chesapeake Fields soy crisps. And that's just
while we were watching. Who knows what he hit when no one was looking.]
The week is brought to you by the good
people at the Maryland Department of Agriculture, in all its food-growing glory, from water to fields to wine. It's really
a win-win-win-win for everybody when we try to adhere to the simple requirements of the week. By keeping our food-dollars
in the state:
- We reduce the food-miles our meals take -- less fuel, better for planet!
- We keep our dollars close to home -- good for the producers, good for our state's economy.
- We support family owned farms -- so they can keep farming!
- And it just tastes fresher
and better. Good for us!
One Maryland-grown, -caught or -produced product a day? That's
it? Not a prob, Gov! They're everywhere. At supermarkets, seafood stores, at farmer's markets, and restaurants that
feature local foods.
This is a challenge we can handle. Let's get eating!
* Served at the backyard
picnic: Chesapeake Fields snacks and artisan breads Swann Farm corn on the cob Perdue pulled chicken BBQ and grilled chicken Poached
striped bass from the Seafood Marketing Board
Watermelon from Hales Farm Sauders deviled
eggs. Must get recipe. Potato salad. Priapi
Gardens, Homestead Farms, Clagett Farm Binkert's
Frankfurters, Baltimore Hamburgers from Deer
Creek Beef and Sassafras River Beef Tomatoes,
Clagett Farms Chapel Country Creamery Cheddar
Cheese Pies and Desserts from Baugher's
Orchards and Emily's Produce. Honest Tea
drinks from Montgomery County.
6:19 pm est
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On Chesapeake Foodie's "FoodTube"
A visit with Kevin McClarren of the Choptank Oyster Company
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Chef Glenn May
prepares three mignonette sauces for oysters
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VIDEO: Join us at the BBQ Cookoff
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