local table.

Just finished reading through the Local Table magazine I picked up at Far East the other night. I wasn't even sure what the magazine was and it's amazing! It features restaurants that serve locally grown food, features farmer's markets and CSAs in the area and is a great tool for someone like me that can use any extra information on how to eat/cook and FIND local produce.

I'm really excited about The Feed Mill, an Amish Country Market I noticed advertised on one of the feature ads. I looked it up online - http://www.nolensvillefeedmill.com/ - and am planning on going in the next few weeks. My grandparents raised Belgium horses for years and sold them mainly to the Amish for field work. We had the opportunity to visit many Amish farms when I was growing up and always took an annual trip to their shops to buy candy, baked goods, cheese, etc. I noticed this market also sells antiques and Amish made furniture, which is another passion I'm getting revved up about. Mark and I really want to have a house full of "pre-loved" furniture that we don't mind getting dinged, bruised, scratched...it all just adds to the story! I've been scoping around at the flea market but it's good to know there's another place to check!

I also love the back page of this magazine. It has a seasonality chart for when produce is it's in prime growing season. Not excited for winter when it looks as if sweet potatoes, mushrooms and greens are about all there all to choose from. I'm going to become an expert at making soups! All the more motivation to get involved with canning as soon as I can! A Kitchenaid mixer and a pressure canner are two items I recently added to my birthday/wish list...along with Rosetta Stone. I want to speak Spanish while I'm making tapas. Ole!