Food for Thought Fridays: Food Deserts

According to the USDA, Cheverly is an island in a desert. A food desert. A food desert is defined as an area in the industrialized world where healthy, affordable food is difficult to obtain. How does this happen in one of the wealthiest areas of the country? If we are challenged to find sustenance this close to our nation's capital, how do other communities cope?

Today, we're thinking about food deserts. How they happen. How they can be remedied. It's Food for Thought.

There's a lot of good information on FoodDesert.net, and interesting articles at TIME, Daily Booth, NPR, and the New York Times.

The Potluck is THIS Sunday!

We hope you're getting excited about spending Sunday night at Fannon Hall with us...we certainly are! Have you found that perfect recipe? We know the judges will be hungry. It's going to be a great celebration and a wonderful way to kick off our sixth season.

Still need the details? Here you go.

Want to volunteer to help with this event? Email us -- we'd love to have more hands on deck!

Our Site!

We are very happy to announce our redesigned website. You'll find information about the market, dates, vendors, and more just by visiting it. And, just like our blog, the website will continue to grow and change throughout the season, so keep visiting and let us know what you think!

We're growing!

Exciting new things are happening in anticipation of our season opener on May 19. And though we don't want to give away details just yet, here's a little taste.

Watch this space for big news this week!

Our Second Annual Potluck is just one week away!

We've been having a great time looking over photos from last year's Cheverly Community Market potluck -- and we can't wait for next Sunday and our Second Annual Potluck! Join us -- it promises to be an evening of great food and people and you don't want to miss it!

Food for Thought Fridays: Eating Icons

Today's Food for Thought Friday offering comes from Portland, Oregon's Farmer General, a small blog with terrific writing. Actually, it's a wonderful, thoughful site to peruse -- -you could easily wile away a perfectly good afternoon during which you should be gardening or doing yardwork or some such by exploring the writing on Farmer General. And it would be worth every moment spent.

Today, Joseph Conway caught our eye with "Eating Icons", which examines consuming the icons of Maine. We do it in Maryland, too. When you think of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay area, what comes to mind? Why blue crabs, of course. What other icons do we consume? It's Food for Thought.

In the Kitchen: Pakoras and Green Chutney

We found a delicious-looking recipe over on one of our favorite blogs, Design*Sponge, for pakoras with green chutney -- a perfect recipe for spring. Pakoras are, like tempura, a fritter-style preparation. In this case, vegetables are dipped in a light batter and fried, then served with a spicy, minty saice (and some plan yogurt to cool things down).

Get the recipe for Tara O'Brady's Pakoras and Green Chutney here, and make an easy, beautiful, tasty meal this weekend!