Organic wines were the headliner at my friends’ house last night, and they provided the perfect accent to a weekend of good food. What a good deal, given that I haven’t cooked all weekend! I’ll talk about the food below, but here’s a bit about the wines. The wines we tasted, before I lost track: [...]
Entries from June 8th, 2008
Organic wines highlight weekend of good eating
June 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · local food, potlucks
Tags:local food·organic wine·wine
Here’s a toast to red wine and friends
June 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Healthy eating, Research, potlucks
Finally! Some good news on the food front: Red wine makes you live longer. Sort of. (OK, it’s not the wine but something in it, but why be picky?) Also in the news: socializing delays dementia. Probably, anyway. (Sometimes I wish these scientific studies were more definitive.) Put these two together, and you get wine [...]
Tags:food and health·red wine
Backyard chicken question provokes clucking
June 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments · General
The backyard chicken issue has reared its ugly comb right here in Lawrence, Kansas. I’m surprised it’s taken this long. When I saw the headline, “Chickens and the city: Health officials concerned fowls will spread disease,” I knew the pecking would begin. That headline was on Friday. On Monday, I learned from the Rolling Prairie [...]
Roundup: Wheat, corn, freegans
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Food in the news, Roundup, local food
Got a lot of news items this week, and a lot of them are grainy. Kansas miller stands out. The Stafford County Flour Mills produces a premium (local) product. (Pratt Tribune) Local freegans. They’ve been spotted in Lawrence, according to the KC Star. Biosafety Research. K-State’s got it. (High Plains Journal) Peas, please. WIC finally [...]
Tags:corn·flour·fruits·Land Institute·sustainable agriculture·vegetables·wheat
Lost week still had time for good food
June 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · local food, potlucks
All right. Back to business writing about food. During the week in software sludge, I still managed to eat, and sometimes very well. I even took some pictures. So as not to let them go to waste, here are some highlights from last week: CSA delivery Lettuce, spinach, kale, mesclun. Perhaps you see a pattern [...]
