Headwater Food Hub

It’s National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! We take our cheese super seriously around here and celebrated with gusto! Apples + Chives + Happy Accident Raclette on pumpernickel... Sour Kraut (or kimchi!) + jalapeño Mustard + Muranda Shire Gouda Bacon + Shiitake + Jones Family Farms Marinated Feta Banana Bread (YES!! ) + Bacon + Lively Run Cayuga Blue Nothin beats a cheese pull and some tomato soup on a rainy spring day! @ Headwater Food Hub

Introducing our #April community partner: @pressbayithaca! Those of you in the Ithaca area may be aware of Press Bay Food Hub & Pantry which serves the community with a no questions asked friendship food pantry every Monday. On Thursdays members of their community can order food from local farms to be picked up at their hub. Which in turn supports the livelihood of local farmers. At Press Bay they believe in the element of choice - customers decide what works best for thei...r economics on a weekly or even daily basis. Melissa, the manager, shares: All are welcome, and we believe strongly in the dignity and justice elements of making fresh food available through both avenues. Building strong communities happens with support - not judgement! Also an update on our February donation drive - your generosity raised $1850.00 for Brighton Food Pantry. If you’d like to support @pressbayithaca’s mission with a donation you can do so through your Headwater account right while you’re placing your order! @ Headwater Food Hub

Yay for carrot cake! Carrots are so fun to eat and so pretty too! As we move into spring - finally! - carrot cake is the perfect way to use up that stock of hearty winter carrots. We’re probably all tire of soup by now ... Photos + dessert by @mikalareiman ... And in bio for the recipe @ Headwater Food Hub See more

Chocolate The Aztecs & Mayans associated the cacao plant and its seeds with femininity and, well, vaginas. Cacao, native to the Americas, was used to celebrate marriages, engagements, & births. Women prepared the ceremonial chocolate by transferring it repeatedly back and forth between vessels until it foamed. Filling vessels with foam sounds a bit like food porn, but it was part of a ritual to encourage fertility in important marriages. ... Conquistadors brought chocolate back to Spain where it was proclaimed an aphrodisiac. Fearing anyone enjoying sex, the Catholic Church worked quickly to try & ban it by claiming that women were infusing it with witchcraft to control men and inflame the passions. Well, chocolate is magic! Despite the church’s smear campaign chocolate still became all the rage throughout Europe, and as trade routes increasingly opened, across the world. Women home bakers would go on to invent the chocolate chip cookie, the brownie (originally called a ladies’ dessert as it was possible to eat without dirtying one’s gloved hands), & mixing nuts into chocolate drops. Although cacao was original to this continent, Americans had difficulty accessing it in the early 1800’s. One female chocolate bandit (really!) started smuggling it through customs. She finally got caught with 10lbs of it in her traveling bags. @rueclaire_lavender_chocolate is part of our special box celebrating Women's History Month. It features 6 items from women-owned businesses that explore the story of women's contributions to food & agriculture. Available through the month of March. Link in bio @ Headwater Food Hub

Butter Researcher Carolyn Sachs calls women the invisible farmers. In the 17 & 1800’s they didn't generally own farmland, yet their uncredited labor was the backbone of the American farm economy. It was women who churned butter, + often sold it to pay for household needs. Elaine Khosrova, who wrote 'Butter: A Rich History' explains that it was considered taboo for men to have anything to do with dairy. Milk is about birth, lactation, and fertility. It’s very much a sor...t of feminine domain. For women isolated on family farmsteads butter became a source for socializing + independence. They attended ‘butter socials’ to swap techniques and develop ways to innovate bulk production -- such as an animal powered industrial churn (yep, invented by women!). They started collectivizing their milk for higher yield. The success of these women bothered the men in charge -- because women should keep their churning in the kitchen, not the boardroom. As butter grew in demand, and the value increased, male industrialists turned to machines. To promote their products, they publicly criticized women’s 'farm-made' butter as unscientific and therefore of lower quality. Men also legally owned the land + herds and were effectively able to force women out of the industry through mass production, trademarking recipes, lower-quality supplies, + price blockades. Soon women's only role in the industry was unfortunately working in these factories for low wages. @cowbellacreamery is part of our special box celebrating Women's History Month. Farmer Shannon Finn's great-great-grandmother saved her family farm with butter. You can learn more about this story + many more by purchasing the box. It features 6 items from women-owned businesses that explore the story of women's contributions to food & agriculture. Available through the month of March. Link in bio for details. @ Headwater Food Hub

Celebrating Passover? Visit the Headwater Menu Page on our website for seasonal and local recipes! 1. Vegetarian Matzo Ball Soup with a surprising local veggie adding ... 2. Deviled eggs with homemade Mayo & Steelhead Lox 3. Butter Roasted Chicken & Potatoes 4. Flourless Chocolate Cake w/Tahini & Honey Drizzle @ Headwater Food Hub See more