I love convenience foods like asparagus and eggs—that is, convenience foods that Mother Nature makes. With asparagus and eggs, you can make a meal faster than the guy next door can pry open a box and the interior packaging of Hamburger Helper.
For instance, I wanted a nice hot meal but didn’t want to spend a [...]
Entries from May 2008
Eggs and asparagus make a meal
May 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Cooking for one, local food
Tags:asparagus·eggs·quick dish
Rhubarb crisp, rhubarb compote and more
May 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments · local food, recipes
OK, I’m finally getting back to the rhubarb question. A friend asked whether there was anything to do with rhubarb besides make pie. Here are two rhubarb recipes in addition to the previously mentioned Rhubarb Fool.
(Isn’t that brilliant red rhubarb beautiful?)
Rhubarb Crisp
6 cups chopped rhubarb (about 2 1/2 pounds)
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 tablespoon [...]
Tags:rhubarb
Roundup: Reports, sales, contest
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Food in the news, Roundup, local food
Factory farms costly. Yea, we knew it, and now the Pew Charitable Trusts has quantified it, in case you missed the news stories.
Amish auction. Missouri auction house moves Amish produce to local buyers. (KC Star)
Specialty meat. A McPherson custom meat processor is profiled.(KSU Extension)
They’re smokin’. The 10th annual Sertoma barbecue contest is Saturday, May 10, [...]
Tags:barbecue·Kansas·markets·meat
Ingredient restaurant adding to mix
May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Eating out
Ingredient restaurant here in Lawrence seems to have a winning formula in combining tasty, freshly prepared foods with quick service. According to the KC Star, the business opened a second location Saturday (May 3, 2008) in the new Park Place retail center in south Leawood. But that’s not all; it is installing what the [...]
Tags:restaurants
Weightlifters feast at annual potluck
May 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Eating out, potlucks
If it’s May, it’s potluck time for students in Loren’s weightlifting classes. Well, it is May, and the weather gods shined on the annual event Sunday here in Lawrence park. The food was as good as the weather, but there was so much to choose from that I was too full to try it all.
Here’s [...]
Tags:potlucks
Still chillin’ at the farmers market
May 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Farmers markets, General
Winter coats and hats were the norm yesterday morning at the Lawrence Farmers Market, where a remarkable number of hardy farmers and customers shivered their way through a morning. Temperature at opening was 43 degrees with 17 mph winds, according to the National Weather Service. The sun was out, but it couldn’t do enough to [...]
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