Expand Your Idea Of “Local” This Weekend

I think I’ve learned something interesting in the last few months while writing for Bucks County Taste . “Local” means different things to different people. We all tend to get very comfortable living within a pretty narrow geographical area. Grocery store, school, work, family, friends, a few local restaurants we go to over and over [...]

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Welcome Linden Hill Farmers’ Market

Bucks County is getting a new farmers’ market this weekend! Join in the grand opening festivities of the birth of the Linden Hill Farmers’ Market on Friday, May 29th from 3:30 – 7:30 pm. The market takes place on the grounds of Linden Hill Gardens by the old barn and is sponsored by Kimberton Whole [...]

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The 2nd Annual Chocolate Show

Solebury resident Gretchen Tartakoff has a passion for chocolate. Oh, I know what you’re thinking. We all love chocolate (or most of us – I simply don’t understand people who don’t). But Gretchen decided to do something other than just eat it. She has organized a chocolate extravaganza of chocolatiers, chefs, pastry artists, chocolate experts, [...]

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More Than A Farm Market

Here’s a test. Where can you find all these items? • All natural bakery items (no preservatives or hydrogenated oils), baked on the premises • Hormone- and antibiotic-free beef, poultry and pork, raised locally, and sold at a butcher counter • Fresh organic produce • Fresh flowers, grown across the street • Boars Head Meat [...]

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Memorial Day Weekend Food Events

Sorry we haven’t been on much this week. The weather has been too nice to be at the computer, and my sister and brother-in-law are in visiting from the UK. We’ve been spending time taking them around and showing them the “sights” – including Crossing Vineyards (which they loved), Rouget in Newtown (excellent food and [...]

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Tidbits: Goodnoe’s Ice Cream Coming Back

According to an article in today’s Intelligencer, Newtown’s famous Goodnoe’s Ice Cream is coming back, revived by family members Colin Goodnoe and his sister, Kendall. Plans are in the works to produce ice cream this summer using the family recipes in their former production facility on Silo Drive. No definite retail site but 4 South Sycamore Street [...]

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Marsha Brown Had Me at the Bacon

Lynne and I were introduced to Marsha Brown, at 15 South Main Street in New Hope, by our friends David and Cathy, who visit Bucks County regularly from Northern New Jersey. Because I hadn’t planned on writing about the evening’s dinner, I wasn’t talking notes, so this post is going to be about my experience [...]

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May Is Here To Stay

It looks like a decent weekend weather-wise and lots of good food and fun to be had. Check out our online calendar, Food Events in Bucks County for more details. Here’s the run-down: Friday, May 15th: Wine Concert Series at Shady Brook Farm,  6 – 9 pm, Yardley. Weather permitting. Free admission. Jerry Watkins will [...]

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Cookies and Carversville

Calling all cookie masters! Here’s your chance to compete and show off your best. Carversville Day is this Saturday, May 16th and in addition to a host of fun activities, there will be a Cookie Contest. “My favorite part is when everyone brings their entries to the cookie booth in the morning,” says Howard Barsky, [...]

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Impulse Turn #2: Oink Johnson’s BBQ

Impulse Turn #2 almost gave us whiplash the first time we saw the sign. There, right on Route 611 in Pipersville. “Oink Johnson’s Southern BBQ?” It took some time for us to get back but last Sunday we did. And we are very happy to have this new addition to the Bucks County food scene. [...]

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