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Pick Your Own!

The 2009 Pick Your Own list of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County is now online! Click here.

Prize Drawing Winner: Family & Food Memory

Last month, NorthForkParents invited parents to send in a memory of food and family for a chance to win four (4) tickets to a Bay Street Theater Kidstreet Production. Using a fair and random method, this website publisher's children selected one of your emails yesterday to win the tickets, and that winner is Nicole Fanelli-Burke. Congratulations!

Here is what she wrote:

"My grandmother, aka 'Nana Fanelli' was a wonderful cook. But as a kid, my hands down favorite was pizza. Nana's crust was home made and fresh and thick and bready. She used to slice the mozzerella, not grate it. And her sauce was made from the tomatoes she grew in her College Point, Queens garden. Add to that fresh basil, oregeno, grated parmesean and the best olive oil she could afford.

The pizza would be made well ahead of time, and would be sitting, still in the pizza pan, when we arrived at her house. At that time, Nana would slice the pizza up, with a pair of scizzors, so she didn't 'make marks in the pan.' Even as a child I found this ironic, since her pans were scratched and cut and worn-out as her own hands! But the picture of her thick, rough hands, using the scissor to slice a piece of the pizza for me to sample, is etched in my memory.

My mother cajoled the 'recipe' from her while she was in her eighties and she made it for us after Nana became to tired to do it herself. In recent years, I have memorized the recipe myself and I make it regularly for my kids. My youngest tells me, 'The only pizza I like, mommy, is yours!'

I can feel Nana Fanelli smiling from above."

NorthForkParents would like to thank Bay Street Theater for donating the Kidstreet Productions tickets.

9 Reasons to Eat Local

Natasha Beccaria of the Long Island Farm Bureau offers nine good reasons to eat local. Read more >.

Free
Long Island Farmstand Guide

Now that it's farmstand season again, the Long Island Farm Bureau is offering a free Long Island Farmstand Guide to help you find fresh, local produce. To get yours or for more info, go to the Long Island Farm Bureau website.

Families may consider becoming members of LIFB to get discounts on local produce as well as a wide variety of other products and services. For more info, visit the new Membership page of NorthForkParents.

Great North Fork Cooking Articles

by Natural Chef, Cooking Teacher & Local Mom Jennifer Columbo*

What Exactly Is Healthy Eating?

Is Organic Really Better For You?
May 2008

Fanciful Hors d'Oeuvres
June 2008

The Joy of Tofu
July 2008

Poetry & Meaning At the Farmstands
August 2008

The Best Way to Prepare Nature's Bouty
September 2008

My Food Memories
October 2008

Exotic Spice Journey!
November 2008

Grain Salad Challenge
December 2008

Winter Comfort: A Big, Hot Bowl of Creamy Risotto
January 2009

A Stock to Invest In
February 2009

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Jennifer Columbo is a chef of natural cuisine. She is the owner of Naturally Jeni, a private cooking party and catering business. She's a wife and mother and lives in Manorville. She finds a great deal of her cooking inspiration on the North Fork!

Great Printable North Fork Recipes
from

Hors D'Ouevres/
Soups/Starters/Sides
Tofu Satay with
Peanut Sauce

Frittata Bites with
Onions & Peppers

Festive Wild Rice

Wheatberry-Confetti Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette


Zucchini Basil Soup

Blueberry Salsa

White Bean Dip

Melon Skewers with
Lime-Orange Marinade

Potato Salad


Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

Corn Chowder

Sweet Potato Pancakes

Lemon Roasted Potatoes

Guinness & Black
Bean Soup

Marinated White Bean Salad

Creamy Pesto

Sicilian Olive Salad

Yorkshire Pudding

Roasted Vegetable Stock

Minestrone Soup with Tortellini

Tunisian Vegetable Soup

Desserts & Beverages

Dairy Free
Chocolate Mousse


Cranberry Tart

Zucchini Chip Cookies

Rhubarb Strawberry Pie

Easy Strawberry Shortcake

Apple Cranberry Crumble


Apple Walnut Cake


Almost Homemade Egg Nog

Irish Soda Bread

Chocolate Pate

"Open the Frig" Fruit Crisp

Homemade Gingerbread

Chai Tea

Entrees
Maple Rosemary Chicken

Classic Parmesan Risotto

Wild Mushroom Risotto

Risotto Milanese

Chicken Fajitas

Cajun Seafood Skewers


Thai Mussels in
Coconut Sauce


Poisson au Papier

White Truffle Pasta

Chickpea Burgers

Swordfish with
Green Chili Paste

Warm Chickpea Salad with Arugula & Spinach

Zucchini Patties

Whole Wheat Pasta with Arugula Pesto, Roasted Red Peppers & Goat Cheese

Spicy Vegetable Sambal

More
North Fork Cooking Articles
from

The North Fork's CSA Farms

9 Reasons to Eat Local

 


Links

Long Island Farm Bureau

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County

 

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