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If you live in the KC area and are near the Plaza on Saturday (Dec. 1), stop by the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza branch at 4801 Main Street (telephone 816-701-3481) for the friends organization’s first fund-raising cookbook sale. The sale runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and a reception at 1:30 precedes my talk [...]

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The Kansas City Food Circle, an organization that puts food buyers and producers together, is good to know about if you’re wanting contact with local producers in the off-season. Dave Lawrence, the circle’s “web minion,” recently advised me that the KC Food Circle features “only local growers who pledge to use certifiable organic and [...]

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After all due deliberation of the many suggestions in the Make-ahead vegetable challenge, I went with Roasted Vegetables with Pecan Gremolata from Bon Apetit for the Thanksgiving vegetable dish (with cooked frozen green beans as an alternative for those who fear flavor). You’ll have to rely on the Epicurious photo; I didn’t have time to [...]

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What: Eggs from Cedar Valley Farms
Why I like them: These eggs are scrupulously fresh, healthfully and humanely produced, and they taste good.
Where to get them: You can get them at their farm and at the Community Mercantile.

I used to think eggs were eggs. When I joined the local foods bandwagon, though, I learned different.
I did [...]

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Starting with the next post, I am initiating a series in which I’ll tell you about many of my favorite local foods. It’s easy to identify my number one favorite: local produce. Eating the locally grown tomatoes, especially, is almost a religious experience. I spend several weeks in the summer savoring them and the rest [...]

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As you may have noticed, I have Amazon ads on this blog, but I’m pretty ambivalent about them.
On the plus side, they’re a convenient way to tell people about products I like or discuss, and they have the potential to throw off a little income to compensate me for the time and expense I put [...]

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