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Posts Tagged ‘Margie Pikarsky’

Fruit and Spice and everything nice

Posted in agritourism, location, photo, restaurant, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Recently, farmer Margie Pikarsky and her husband Nick, daughter Rachel and my friend John DeFaro joined me for lunch at the Mango Cafe, located at the Fruit and Spice Park. The Cafe is by the park’s main entrance, inside a rustic wooden house. We were there for the fruit sampler, made fresh daily from whatever [...]

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A little off the sides and top

Posted in farm, fruits, photo, tagged , , on October 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The avocado season is over at Bee Heaven Farm. The last of the big, plump Donnie avocados got picked weeks ago. The lull between picking fruit and and blooming season (usually around January) brings off-season maintenance. Almost every year the tree trimmer comes to cut back all the avocado trees. Call it their summertime haircut, [...]

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Taste the place food comes from – part 3

Posted in agritourism, chef, events, farm, farmer/grower, food, location, locavore, people, photo, tagged , , , , , , , on May 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The choice is not local or organic but how, through your organic food purchases, you can incorporate supporting local agriculture, local communities and and local economies into an organic lifestyle. The more you were into local culture, the more important it is to support organics in your region. – George Siemon, Organic Valley As the [...]

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Taste the place food comes from – part 2

Posted in agritourism, chef, events, farm, farmer/grower, food, location, locavore, photo, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Add family, friends, and sharing stories about this connection with one another, and you have the recipe for change. Each element is of equal importance to an Earth Dinner and to the food culture — spinning yarns, savoring food, learning to truly listen. We have much to connect here, and we need each other’s wisdom [...]

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Taste the place food comes from – part 1

Posted in agritourism, chef, events, farm, fruits, locavore, people, photo, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The dinner table is perhaps the most powerful and delicious place to plant the seeds of change; the return to simple truths, change, and wisdom all go hand in hand. Our first step toward change can be to pause when we take our first bite and think about our connections with food. Aha! Understanding this [...]

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