A Little Summer Food Reading

Lately I’ve stumbled on a few good reads on local food. Don’t miss Megan Labrise’s column Small Potatoes this week, when in “An organic experience” she writes about local produce and taking a wonderful cooking class with Holly Anne Shelowitz of Nourishing Wisdom. Grab a copy of The Woodstock Times, Kingston Times or Saugerties Times to find it, or just click here.

Especially entertaining and well done for a newspaper supplement is The Poughkeepsie Journal‘s summer issue of Cuisine of the Hudson Valley. I clipped out recipes for Red Plum Lemonade and Mojo-Marinated Chicken Grilled Under a Brick. The issue covers cutting costs in the kitchen, how to make sumptuous ravioli with gorgonzola and walnuts, beer pairing, and mushrooms. Look for free copies at local retailers.

The summer issue of Edible Hudson Valley is out now, too, with stories on the Woodstock food culture, life as an army chef, and local restaurant waiters’ secrets.

The June-August issue of The Valley Table covers farm camp for kids, an interview with Bruce Kazan of Main Course in New Paltz, and a close-up look at Richard and Russell Biezynski of Northwind Farms in Tivoli.

It’s summer time! Chill out, relax, grab an iced tea and curl up with some good reading on local food.