http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/06/18/shopping-with-the-seasons-close-to-home/ A Wine Blog Dedicated To Terrior Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/06/18/shopping-with-the-seasons-close-to-home/#comment-63860 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:41:11 +0000 http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/06/18/shopping-with-the-seasons-close-to-home/#comment-63860 Right on Tom; Awesome post. Right on Tom; Awesome post.

]]> http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/06/18/shopping-with-the-seasons-close-to-home/#comment-63446 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:14:45 +0000 http://terroir.winelibrary.com/2007/06/18/shopping-with-the-seasons-close-to-home/#comment-63446 In Cleveland,OH, where I live, there are some excellent farmers markets as well (Ohio having a similar growing season to Jersey). We also have many excellent restaurants with Chefs that specialize in using fresh, local ingredients, including the meat and dairy products. You are certainly correct that there is nothing better than truly FRESH produce. I admit that we still buy some of the Southern Hemisphere produce in the winter because otherwise there just isn't enough variety of produce in our area (and our freezer apparently is smaller than yours!). In Cleveland,OH, where I live, there are some excellent farmers markets as well (Ohio having a similar growing season to Jersey). We also have many excellent restaurants with Chefs that specialize in using fresh, local ingredients, including the meat and dairy products. You are certainly correct that there is nothing better than truly FRESH produce. I admit that we still buy some of the Southern Hemisphere produce in the winter because otherwise there just isn’t enough variety of produce in our area (and our freezer apparently is smaller than yours!).

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