The Farmers Market Sweet Corn Guide: How to Pick It, Store It, and Use Every Last Ear
You can tell almost everything about an ear of sweet corn without opening the husk. How to pick it, why market corn…
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Recipes, seasonal guides and food business tips from Butter & Sage Market.
Brown Butter Maple Pecans (Eight Minutes, One Skillet)
Butter, pecans, salt, and a spoonful of maple at the very end. Eight minutes in one skillet, and the only hard part…
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Cider Chai: The Fall Drink That Isn’t a Latte
Fresh cider, whole spices, a strip of orange peel and strong black tea. Twenty minutes, one saucepan, and not a syrup pump…
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How to Land Corporate Gift Orders for Your Cottage Food Business (Start Asking in September)
One corporate gift order can rival an entire market weekend. Here is who buys them, what to offer, when to ask, and…
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What’s at the Farmers Market in September? Your Early-Fall Shopping Guide
September is the best month at the farmers market — summer's last tomatoes overlap with the first apples and winter squash. Here's…
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What’s at the Farmers Market in October? Your Peak-Harvest Shopping Guide
October is the fullest month at the farmers market and the last call for a lot of it. Here is what is…
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Roasted Delicata Squash with Brown Butter, Sage, and Hazelnuts
Roasted delicata squash with brown butter and crisp sage is the fall side dish that requires no peeling and converts people who…
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How to Build a Cottage Food Gift Box That Actually Sells (Fall and Holiday Guide)
A cottage food gift box turns products you already make into a higher-margin offer. Here is how to build one that sells…
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Back-to-School Lunches from the Farmers Market (A Real Parent’s Guide)
A single Saturday at the farmers market solves more of the school lunch problem than a whole cart at the grocery store.…
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How to Start Selling Apple Butter and Fall Preserves at the Farmers Market
Apple butter costs almost nothing to make and sells at a premium every fall. Here is how to price it, label it,…
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The Farmers Market Apple Guide: Which Variety to Buy for Eating, Baking, and Sauce
Farmers market apples come in dozens of varieties you will never see in a grocery store. Here is how to tell which…
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Slow Cooker Apple Butter (No Peeling, No Pectin, No Standing at the Stove)
Slow cooker apple butter turns a bag of bruised market apples into something spoonable and deeply spiced. No peeling, no pectin, and…
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