Thursday Tidbits

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Susan McCrory

This morning PRK received its first issue of the Farm & Market Report from the Mass Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR). Help spread the word! This bi-monthly newsletter (to those of you who did not attend last week’s PRK MeetUp) is chuck-a-bluck full of ag industry information and news, some of it technical and industry-specific, some less so. For example, in this issue there’s news on the “Ag Tag,” a bulletin for downloading on Preserving Historic Farms, blog links and a calendar of events. The TOC really comes in handy.

You’ve gotta’ check this out: here’s a recipe from ecofoodie for chocolate cake that calls for, brace yourself, mayonnaise.  The results? “Perfection.”

I know Turkey Day has passed, but many folks (my in-laws included) eat it again at Christmas, so I couldn’t help but pass on this tongue-in-cheek post from the crew at AuntieChef. Heck, that crocheted feller’ could make a nifty holiday gift for the hard-to-buy-for person in your life…! If you’re still looking for gift ideas of the homemade persuasion, Fresh New England has come across several wonderful items, many involving small glass jars filled with home recipes of one sort or another, each cleverly decorated. Scroll past the “lemon mousse ingredients” photograph to reach the links (though I barely got there–her photography is THAT stunning).

A propos of game, chef Tim Wiechmann of T.W. Food in Cambridge (that’s the Tim of root cellaring fame; see Tom Urell’s post of Nov. 6), is hosting a fixed price Wild Game Dinner next Tuesday and Wednesday evening, Dec. 16 and 17.

Had enough bird? Try this Moroccan Vegetable Stew from Semi-Sweet, who came up with this recipe under duress–the ‘happy problem’ of having too many squash, carrotts and parsnips from a Winter CSA share.

If you’d like to follow up on the Slow Food Boston “Brazilian Cocktail Party” held last Thursday evening, click HERE for their follow-up photos, thanks and recipes. Over 100 people showed!

Finally, and not to toot our own horn, but some great photographs of the Dec. 3rd Meet-Up/EatUp held here at WBUR for the PRK community have been posted by the gals of We Are Not Martha. Thank you, Chels and Sues!