Our blog is where we share what’s fresh at Millstone—from new products on the shelves to recipes, farm stories, and seasonal tips from our team. If you love cooking with local ingredients or just want to see what’s happening around the market, this is a good place to start.
Around here, asparagus season feels like the real start of spring. Once the first local bundles start showing up at farm stands and markets, everybody starts looking for it. People in the Pioneer Valley have been calling it “Hadley Grass”
The asparagus comes in, and people start cooking it the same way every year. Straight into a pan. Butter or oil. A few minutes and it’s done. That’s usually the first move, especially with the thinner stalks that show up
What to Do With Asparagus While It’s Here Asparagus season doesn’t last very long around here. One minute it’s cold and raining every other day, then suddenly everybody in Sunderland is throwing asparagus on the grill. Most of the time
Strawberry season gets out of hand fast around here. You buy berries thinking you’ll make shortcake, then half of them disappear before anybody even finds the whipped cream. Still, we started looking around online for dessert ideas because there are
What to Look for and Why It Matters The asparagus comes in here a little later than most places. You can buy it earlier, of course. It’s been coming up in California and Mexico for weeks by the time anything