MSFM Farmer News & Recipe Blog

A rotisserie chicken is a modern convenience food. It’s ready for you to eat (and even still hot at the store!), can be served as a traditional carved bird, or it can be shredded to use in other dishes - and it’s cheap! Take a little hands-on time, though, and a long,...

Although this is a recipe blog most of us have days when we'd rather not cook. Let's look at the options for market items on those days. Salad is an obvious first choice. Greens are most abundant in the spring and fall but can be found most weeks year round. Some...

It was raining and blowing last night, with a chill in the air. Zachary was baking bread, which smelled wonderful, and I was contemplating what to make for supper. It was definitely soup weather! Looking in the fridge I realized I had plenty of celery so I decided to...

We were discussing my husband Jeffrey’s birthday a few weeks ago and talking about how to celebrate. Green tomato cake has been a favorite in the past so we asked him if he wanted that. He replied, “how about a cucumber cake?” I think he was mostly joking, but I...

This week's post comes from my neighbor, Ali Whittier. Ali is a St. Elmo resident and local competitive cyclist for Scenic City Velo and Privateer Cyclocross. A native of Iowa, she has a decade of experience in health promotion and community engagement, as well as...

This week I’m sharing a recipe from Michael Rice of Mad Priest Coffee Roasters. Each month or so Michael features one of his coffees and the country it’s from, along with a recipe from that country. Mad Priest’s mission is to “craft good coffee, educate the curious,...