The Farmer and the Chickpea

Last weekend kicked of the annual Montgomery Friend of Open Space Farmer's Market. I got some cool new photos that I'll be sharing with your over the next few weeks during the summer. Back this year was the Farmer & The Chickpea with some delicious food and dessert items.

A little background:

All of our recipes have an Italian influence, as our background (and our hearts) are in Italy. We love nothing more then taking a traditional American Dish and putting a Mediterranean spin on it.

The main store is located on main street in Manville, NJ. I've never been to the store but based on the few items on sale at the farmers' market I'm sure it must be a treat. Next time I'm driving through Manville, I'll be sure to stop and spend some time in the store. If your time is limited you can always stop in at the farmers' market tomorrow and pick up a few of the delicious items for sale.

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I bought one of the lentil cakes with maple roasted sweet potato and pumpkin for my wife for lunch but ended up eating most of it myself. It's ok to share but sometimes it's good to keep things for oneself.

The lentil cake was delicious with a glass of Villa Milagro Rosita.

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I have type 1 diabetes but these bread puddings look so delicious. I'll have to find how to eat just a small piece that works with my diabetic diet.

rice pudding, sweet potato, fig

rice pudding, blackberry, orange cream

July 9th, 2011 - Because onions make me cry

Montgomery Friend of Open Space Farmers' Market operates during the summer in the parking lot of Village Shopping Center ( US HWY 206 — just north of 518 — Skillman, NJ ) Saturday mornings 9 am through 1 pm from June through mid-October.

Do I pay $2 per gallon for ethanol but $10 for a box of corn flakes?

I personally believe that creating "cheap" fuel from food ( corn or sugar or whatever ) just shifts the cost burden elsewhere. As demand for ethanol increases so will the demand for corn. That will directly impact the price that food companies pay for corn. It will also increase the cost that farmers pay for feed ( for cows and chickens ).

The MicroFueler will use sugar as its main fuel source, or feedstock, along with a specially packaged time-release yeast the company has developed. Depending on the cost of sugar, plus water and electricity, the company says it could cost as little as a dollar a gallon to make ethanol.

(Via -Home Brew for the Car, Not the Beer Cup - New York Times.)