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 [...]
Entries from October 2007
Who loves Halloween?
October 31st, 2007 · 4 Comments · General
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Herbs come in for the winter
October 29th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Food selection, General, Recipes, local food
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 [...]
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Doctors for Farm Bill changes
October 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Farm Bill
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 [...]
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Industrial wins consistency contest
October 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Food selection, Research, local food
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 [...]
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Doughing in the roll
October 23rd, 2007 · 5 Comments · Food preparation, Recipes
Last weekend, my nephew at long last cashed in on his Christmas present—a cooking session with Aunt Janet to go along with the vintage aprons (made by my grandmother for my sisters and me when we were children) and wooden spoons (matching; no fights) I gave him and his sister. To my great pleasure, they [...]
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KC Market gets cookbook treatment
October 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Recipes, local food
The City Market in Kansas City, Mo., the area’s oldest (to my knowledge) ongoing farmers market, marked 150 years this year, and a local cookbook honors the occasion and the goods sold at the market.
Julienne Gehrer—an avid cook, Hallmark Cards editor and entrepreneur—has written In Season: Cooking Fresh from the Kansas City Farmers’ Market, recently [...]
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