I first joined Formaggio Kitchen as an assistant to Julie, our charcutière. As she taught me to make the shop’s range of sausages, pâté, and other cured meats, she talked a lot about sourcing—what she buys from farms in Connecticut, the turnaround time needed for an order of rabbit from Vermont, the best uses for bellies from Massachusetts-raised Berkshire hogs, and the like. For Julie, small, local farms are a natural and non-negotiable part of her work. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Vermont’
Announcing the Formaggio Food Community
Posted in About Us, Cheese, Meats & Charcuterie, United States, tagged Cheese, cheesemakers, CSA, food, local farms, Meats & Charcuterie, Vermont on April 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Just Harvested: Vermont Maple Syrup
Posted in Bakery Supplies, Recipes, United States, tagged Krueger-Norton, maple, maple syrup, maple tree, recipe, sap, syrup, Vermont, Wheelock Mountain on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Early spring in Vermont is cold and muddy. It’s a time when the fields and forests are a muted brown and nothing is growing yet, but it is the time of year for one very important Vermont agricultural product: maple syrup. Maple syrup has a special place in my kitchen, as my family has deep roots in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. The trees in the maple grove on my mother’s farm are ancient and massive. My great-grandmother made heavenly maple glazed doughnuts and maple custard pies, all from a yearly supply of syrup made within the space of just a few spring weeks. (more…)






