My Food Geek

OMG! I went another whole month without showing off any food! I’m not sure what’s going on these days, the food gets eaten before I get the camera out! I even got a point and shoot camera to try and remedy my loathing of photoshopping all these pictures, I guess it backfired.

I promise a new post this week. P-R-O-M-I-S-E!

Sorry about the unplanned outage.

Last night we upgraded Wordpress to version 2.3.2. We were a bit behind on updates and wanted to get things back (close) to the current version. We had to create a new site for testing just in case there was a disaster. Once we got everything working properly, we cut everything over to the new version and updated DNS to point to the new site.

While we were waiting for DNS to update, the page was unavailable. During that time I hope you had a chance to browse the eater’s site, www.ogdog.net.

Hopefully we can plan changes like this a little bit better in the future. Now back to your regularly scheduled foodgeek.

The long cold winter is sucking my will to cook anything new and exciting. In the meantime, I continue to eat pizza and buy expensive produce from California.

Is it spring yet?

I can’t believe December is almost gone. It has been almost a month since my last post! I think I have some excuses I can use…

• My dogs were sick
• I’ve been eating nothing but ramen and take-out
• my camera is in the shop
• There’s no food in my house to cook
• I was buried under 100ft of snow

While some of these things may be somewhat accurate, the truth is I’ve just been kind of lazy. I’ve found a flaw in my posting system and I’ll try and remedy it for the future. I’ve spoken with the eater and I will not let this happen again. Everyone should bookmark this post and send it to me 100 times if I even go two weeks without posting again.

Enough with the excuses, now how about some teasers?

• New daring bakers post coming up for this weekend. (here’s a hint, holiday goodness!)
• I’ve been growing some green things in the dead cold!
• More macarons
• Cookies!
• Candies!
• Cupcakes! (oh my!)

Even more good things to come in the new year, too. Please hang in there while we work out our growing pains.

Foodgeek Management (aka: geek)

Haymarket is the quintessential old-Boston market. A melting pot of people, food, and cultures all nestled on a small back street right next to Faneuil Hall. If your only experience with buying produce is at the supermarket Haymarket may frighten you a little. There’s a few nuances that seem to be unknown to the public. With that in mind, here’s 8 things you may not have known about Haymarket. (and may just help you out along the way)

1. Haymarket is not a farmer’s market. The produce you buy here is surplus produce that is sold to local supermarkets that you may already visit. The produce may come from halfway around the world or right down the street; if you care, ask.
2. Don’t touch the goods. The vendors are more than happy to choose and bag your produce for you. I know this sounds scary, but they aren’t trying to sell you bad items, they just want their displays kept nice.
3. The vendors may seem scary but they are actually quite nice. Take a minute to talk to them and you’ll find out for yourself.
4. You can barter. Want a box of tomatoes, a case of onions, 25 watermelons, make an offer. You’d be surprised at the deals you can get if you just ask.
5. Friday mornings will get you the best variety. If you get there early enough, you can beat the chefs to all the good stuff.
6. Saturday afternoon will get you the best deals. The vendors don’t want to haul this stuff away - this is a good time to try #4.
7. Cash is king. This is a market not a grocery store. Bring cash or you’ll only go home with memories.
8. Hours of operation: Friday and Saturday - Dawn to dark. Rain, snow, wind, hail, sun, this place never stops.