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Tomorrow (Sat., 10/24/08) the new, Harrisonburg Farmers Market Shelter will be opening!  I just went by and took a couple of cell phone pictures; it looks fantastic!  

If it rains tomorrow, you can scoff at the rain, go to the market and take your time shopping in perfect dryness!  In celebration of the opening, we’ll [...]

Tomorrow at the market Katrina will be providing a limited offering of Cranberry-Ginger Apple Sauce made from Showalter apples in Broadway, Virginia.  She will also have her salads that sold out again last week.
In addition, Katrina and Rachael might be donning their new line of “Bowl-wear” - the perfect fashion statement for your upcoming Autumn [...]

Celebrate Fall with our wild, crazy, chewy, local and absolutely delicious salad–”Mary, Mary, Berrycon Cherry”  This blend of local wheatberries,wild rice,  local apples, dried cherries, cranberries and currants with a delightful vinaigrette makes a perfect complement to any meal!  

 
It screams “Autumn”!  
Come on out and try it, but get to the market early b/c it [...]

If you’ve had a hankering for a hot bowl of, Taste of the East Curried Lentils over rice topped with Mango/Peach Chutney & Yogurt, then “venga a la Festival Internacional de Harrisonburg” (come on down to the Harrisonburg International Festival)! We’ll also have Tom Kha Gai (Thai soup) & Out of Africa. For [...]

Smok’n Joe’s Black Bean Soup on it’s own is fantastic! But if you want a quick, hearty meal, place the soup on a bed of rice, and then add a dollop of sour cream, chopped tomatoes, and fresh cilantro (we add a touch of hot sauce for some kick). It’s an easy, home-run [...]

At the moment, Rachael and my mother are making fresh Lachmi’s Lentil Salad. It continues to be a hit, selling out most Saturdays. The ingredients are fantastic: lentils, red onions, currants, parsley, a touch of mustard, and other spices.
As we considered a name for the salad, Katrina wanted something that sounded Indian since [...]

Staunton’s “Newsleader” quotes Katrina about cooking as a professional and healthy cook - found here:
http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008809070303
“Chef Katrina Didot owns A Bowl of Good in Harrisonburg, a business that sells frozen food by the quart made mostly from local ingredients and using internationally inspired recipes.”
I’ll let you link to the site to read more of her quote.

This Saturday and for the next few weeks Katrina will be providing Sultan Salatin’s Humus (Roasted Red Pepper, Original, & Original with Jalapeño) made from fresh, local peppers. The peppers are from Radell Schrock’s farm, Season’s Bounty, down on route 42. In order to provide the fresh, local ingredients in A Bowl of [...]

Today at 9:00 on Mt. Clinton Pike, the future Gift & Thrift Business Campus ground-breaking ceremony took place. Katrina was given an opportunity to speak. As one person told me afterwards, “I was drooling just listening to her talk about the ingredients she will be serving!” Indeed, Katrina gave a wonderfully enticing [...]

Our family used up our frequent flyer miles and went back to visit Guatemala this summer. We returned this week and we are back in the saddle cooking all day. We had some Roma striped Tomatoes available from our garden and so we have included them in our Garden Tomato and Basil Bertha [...]