Food Notes: Celebrate spring with green veggies and white wine
Updated 7:00 AM;
Not so long ago, in a time before supermarkets carried a huge variety of produce regardless of the season, our ancestors had to wait for their veggies each spring.
Deprived of vitamin C through the winter months, they foraged for wild nettles, ramps, dandelions, lamb’s quarters and fiddleheads, to name a few. These would tide them over until their spring vegetables could be harvested.
Today we can buy what we want from the grocery store, or head for our favorite farm stand where our local farmers have become highly educated on what can be overwintered and what grows best in high tunnels, allowing for earlier harvest. This brings the fortunate consumer the freshest possible vegetables including spinach, head lettuces, bok choy, arugula, pea shoots and kale.
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 9
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 9
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The Anshe Emeth Community Development Corp (AECDC) Central Jersey Diaper Bank is collecting baby clothing sizes newborn-2T, diapers and books.
Donations can be picked up if within Middlesex County. Volunteers from the Rutgers School of Nursing will arrive between 10 a.m. and noon on the day indicated.
At this time, no shoes, equipment, toys, etc. can be collected.
Hopewell Theater’s reopening plans will focus on ensuring the comfort of patrons.
Staff members are collaborating with health officials and industry professionals to create a safe environment for a future reopening.
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Sourland Conservancy uncorks ‘happy hour’ music series
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
Singer-songwriter Bruce Fredericks will perform online 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, to kick off the Sourland Conservancy s monthly happy hour virtual concert series.sourland.org
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The Sourland Conservancy will host “The Sourland Mountain Happy Hour,” a new monthly series of live musical shows on Zoom featuring New Jersey artists, starting this 6 p.m. this Thursday with singer and guitarist Bruce Fredericks.
The series will continue the first Thursday each month through June. Tickets for each one-hour performance are $10. Proceeds will benefit the Sourland Conservancy and the musicians.
“Due to COVID, we will almost certainly not hold a live Sourland Mountain Festival this year,” noted Suzanne Parsons, who is coordinating the happy hour sessions. This will impact both the Sourland Conservancy’s work and our wonderful, local musical community. We want to
Hunterdon wine can take the edge off winter days
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Lisa van den Woldenburg of the Grape Finale in Flemington has set aside several days in February and March to show people how wine is made.Grape Finale
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Wine is more than that bottle on the shelf. Wine is warmth. Wine is the thing that you welcome inside. Wine is the finishing touch. It is the friend you thought you had lost. Wine helps you settle down after a week of obfuscation and deception. Wine can take the edge off winter.
Several first class wineries call this area home. Vineyards in Hunterdon include Unionville Vineyards, Old York Cellars, Beneduce Vineyards, Mout Salem Vineyards, and Federal Twist Vineyards. Grape Finale is a winery in every sense except it has no vineyard.