The overnight low (high?) temp last night was 55 degrees sometime around midnight. By noon today it was 14 degrees, wind was gusting up to 40 mph, and it was snowing hard. The visibility had fallen from 9 miles to .25 miles. Now, at 2 o’clock, the wind is at 17 mph with gusts to […]
Entries from January 29th, 2008
Tuscan bread, with a grain of salt
January 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments · recipes
Here’s the promised Tuscan bread recipe. The original version I used came from a long-forgotten cookbook that I’d borrowed, but I don’t think I’ve made many adaptations other than dissolving the yeast and sugar in the full 2 cups water rather than in 1/2 cup water which is later added to 1 1/2 cups. We […]
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Digest: Venison, market, Farm Bill
January 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Farm Bill, local food
Quiet week in the local food news, at least as far as I can find. Still, here are a few nuggets. Hunters hunt, hungry eat. A Kansas group donates deer that is processed, packaged and given to low-income families. Win, win, win. Casbah open for business. After many months of anticipation, the Casbah Market is […]
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It’s Tuscany in my kitchen
January 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
I can at least imagine it’s Tuscany in my kitchen, having just cleaned up from a delicious dinner of Tuscan Five-Bean Soup, from Patricia Wells’s Trattoria cookbook and Tuscan Bread, from a cookbook long ago borrowed and returned. This simple bean soup is really delicious and pretty—at least until it’s cooked. See some of the […]
Just 11 weeks till the farmers market returns to downtown Lawrence
January 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments · local food
Local food may mostly be gone this time of year, but I’ve learned there’s more than I thought out there, and a return of the farmers market is just weeks away! The Downtown Lawrence Farmers Market will open in just 11 more Saturdays, according to the newsletter that arrived today. It’s hard to believe, given […]
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Digest: Farm interns and cattle clones
January 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Digest
Green up the growing. K-State program in KC on Growing Growers puts apprentices on farms and promotes sustainable methods. This year includes a new focus on organic fruit production. It is just like that other steak. Kansas rancher already selling semen from clones,(Washington Post, registration required) and offspring of cloned cattle are in the food […]
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