Who loves Halloween? I do. It’s the rare holiday where the emphasis is on simple pleasures: candy, carving and costumes.
(Yes, I know there are some real ghouls that you have to look out for, but I can pretend it’s not so. )
In anticipation of tonight’s big event—officially declared by the mayor (most years, but I […]

Categories: General

On the expectation of frost, I brought my potted herbs in Saturday night. It isn’t a huge collection—rosemary and bay laurel—but they’re wonderful to have around.
I gave up the rest of my herb growing years ago, as encroaching shade and the appearance of herbs in my Rolling Prairie bag made the effort largely wasted. In […]

Categories: Local food · General · Recipes · Food selection

Two interesting things appeared in the KC Star this morning, both in the same story.
Interesting item #1: The Star, here in the heart of the farm belt, finally put a farm bill story on page 1. Maybe there’s been another one, but I missed it.
Interesting item #2: According to the article, none other than the […]

Categories: Farm Bill

There’s one advantage that the industrial tomato has over the homegrown variety—consistency, albeit tasteless, colorless consistency. Turns out the same is true for milk, among other foods.
We humans love consistency. How else to explain the proliferation of chains? Especially in this mobile world, we like knowing that if we buy coffee at Starbucks on Interstate […]

Categories: Research · Local food · Food selection