Delaware Girl Eats

Zucchini Summer

I knew it was foolhardy when I did it. In May, planting a dozen zucchini seedlings in my newly expanded garden filled an empty space but I knew the planting would come at a cost. My grandfather and my dad had planted zucchinis year after year since my grandfather emigrated from Abruzzi Italy in the early 20th century. But I never had been responsible for the seasonal crop till this year. The men in my family knew how to manage these bountiful producers but for me it was a new experience and I paid for it. Things were going along... Read more →

Fellowship and Chicken Dinners at the Delaware State Fair

Fellowship. Among the many things that make the Delaware State Fair the annual summer tradition it has been for 94 years is the volunteer spirit of those who cook the Delaware Grange’s fried chicken dinners– the best food on the fairgrounds. The farming families that volunteer each year, working in the cramped galley kitchen in the un-air-conditioned cinderblock building, put out thousands of pounds of chicken dinners to fair-going families over the ten days of this traditional Delaware event. Despite the urban image associated with Delaware, from the Rehoboth beaches to northern New Castle County, Delaware remains an agricultural state,... Read more →