"winter farmers market" news and stories

• Eric Vellend outlines the paper-thin and delicious art of phyllo pastries.
• Bitchin' Kitchen's cookbook gets a bad review and a garlic-adapted recipe for Mediterranean Chickpea Stew.
• If you wonder about small, farm-raised pigs, check out this rundown of Blue Haven Farms' tasty oinkers.
• Wanna lose weight as a Flexitarian?
• Sometimes strong beer isn't worth the Triple Threat.
• A guide to winter farmers' markets in Toronto, like the delicious Saturdays at Wychwood Barns.
• A short blurb on Lent.
• Recipes: Zaalouk, Jamaican Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, Roasted Squash with Garlic Soup with Red Pepper Drizzle, and Buttermilk Pop (one of the Depression recipes)

If you build a Winter Farmers' Market, the people will come. The selection will be seasonal (ie no buttery lettuces or ripe tomatoes) but the cheeses, preserves, baked goods, kale and end-of-season winter squashes make the trip worthwhile.

Identical twin chefs face off! Raymond and David Anderson are 29 year old twins who are both Portland-based chefs. They were give a box of 16 ingredients, a 6-burner stove and told to out-do one another. The challenge was to create two dishes in under one hour that used at least 10 of the 16 ingredients in the box. Want to see how they did? Click here for the results and some recipes.

When it comes to learning about Italian wine, the experts say to let the flavors, not the label be your guide in the process.

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