We are coming up on our 15th year living in our house. For as long as we’ve been here, there has been a great restaurant down the street that has become a staple in our lives. In years past, we would head down to Miguel’s of Belfast with our parents for dinner on a special occasion or with my sister for a quick drink and some tapas. The food and drinks have always been amazing.
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I have the fortune of living amongst several great wineries here in PA. I once knew a guy that told me he “refused to drink local PA swill.” LOL…pretentious much? As a matter of fact, PA is at the same latitude as some of the best European wineries. When also taking into account climate and terroir, PA, and theNortheast and Mid-Atlantic regions have created a notable market for wines.
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Several years ago, I was having a conversation about food with a fellow foodie and coworker of mine. She mentioned a great recipe that she had for Butternut Squash soup that she would share with me. The recipe came from her CSA when she picked up her weekly vegetable share. I’d never heard of a CSA, so I asked her about it. She explained that CSA stood for Community Supported Agriculture. It was essentially purchasing a share of a farm. You pay one price that entitled you to get a weekly share of the farm’s harvest. I was intrigued to learn about this, and like many things that intrigue me, the thought got buried in the back of my mind.
I live in a house full of boys. They enjoy outdoor things like fishing, hiking, kayaking and such. I’m more of a lie on the beach/sit on the porch/luxury resort kinda girl. When it came to planning adventures, I’m usually outnumbered. About 5 years ago, I decided to indulge the boys and plan a lake trip. I would concede to going to a campground, but I was NOT willing to sleep in a tent. I didn’t want to do it in the Army when I had to, so I sure wasn’t going to pay someone to sleep in a tent. I found a happy compromise and rented a lakeside cottage at Keen Lake, which is about an hour north of our house in Waymart, PA. I was expecting it to be similar to a trip to the Jersey Shore, so I packed up what felt like our whole house and we headed out for a new adventure.
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Many of those who know me know that I have become an adamant supporter of the farm-to-table movement. I started on this journey several years ago. Part of it was due to living in a rural community. Our house is literally surrounded by farmland and open fields. During the “season,” I can go around the corner to Juniperdale Farms Produce Crib or up the street to Mike’s Produce and get corn or berries that were picked that same morning. We can get eggs that have been freshly laid. We can get tomatoes by the bushel to make gallons of homemade sauce. In the fall, we drive 2 minutes to go on a hayride and pick pumpkins and gourds right from the field. I wondered why I had not taken advantage of nature’s local bounty more often.
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