Over the farm gate

Domestic goddess rating: 50% (not exactly seasonal, but I did some cooking at least) Five-a-day: 3/5 Food miles: none

On the menu: Toast, jam and juice (breakfast); cornish pasty (lunch); spaghetti bolognese (post-swimming easy-peasy supper)

Another great blog event I came across today. Gay, who’s dubbed herself a scientist in the kitchen, whatever that might be, has had a fantastic idea to promote farmers’ markets – one of my all-time best places to find seasonal food. I’ll introduce you to my own local farmers’ market when it’s next on and not raining cats and dogs (in a few weeks’ time, I hope) – and I might even put a pic of it in for the “To Market, To Market” event Gay is running each month. She’s asking everyone to send in photos of their local market, so we can all see stalls from all over the world.

I love farmers’ markets. It’s so how we ought to be buying our food. Local producers, selling beautifully-produced local food, to local people. All the veg is seasonal, all the time. You get the chance to talk, directly, to the person who made/grew/raised your food. And you get to try lots of new things, and you become more familiar with, and therefore more rooted in what’s going on around you.

If you want to find out where your local market is, this is a good place to start. It’ll change the way you buy food forever. I just wish they happened more often!