Did you see the local-food item in the Journal-World yesterday? The story buried the news peg (as we who used to be in the news biz would call it), which is that county Commissioner Nancy Thellman (at right) is planning to seek establishment of a food commission or advisory board to promote the local food […]
Entries from August 30th, 2009
Official’s promotion of local food great to see
August 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Food in the news, General, local food
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Are you doing the Eat Local Lawrence Challenge?
August 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · local food
The Community Mercantile’s Eat Local Lawrence Challenge is entering its second week. The challenge, which started Aug. 16 runs through Aug. 29 as the Merc works to get more of us on the eat-local bandwagon. If you’re still wondering why the fuss over your food source, you might want to check out the current cover […]
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Pear windfall makes fine pear sauce
August 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments · local food, recipes
I recently received a windfall of hard green pears from Angela after a branch broke from her tree, thereby rushing the pear harvest. As perhaps you can tell from the photo, the pears were small, the round bottom portion about the size of a handball, and they weren’t yet ripe. I let the pears sit […]
Tip: Cook corn in the husk
August 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Cooking for one, Cooking tips, Food preparation
Can corn on the cob relieve anxiety? Probably not, but maybe writing about it will. The project I’m working on has me in a knot of anxiety, which I hate. I’m not usually an anxious person. I do like writing on this blog, though, so as a reward to myself for a day of teeth-gnashing […]
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Roundup: Winners, food tips, tomatoes
August 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · local food, recipes, Roundup
It was a rough week for me, but I’ve finally caught my breath enough to offer a roundup with updates, opinion and information that’s good to know. Updates Scattered sushi recipe. Anyone who was around for the Japanese cooking demonstration at the Lawrence Farmers Market in June and who wondered how to make chirashi zushi […]
Make easy tomato sauce in oven for freezing
August 10th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
Until last week, I’d recommended Joanne’s method of roasting tomatoes for tomato sauce, but I hadn’t made it myself (if you don’t count one attempt). Sister Lori endorsed the method heartily, so I passed it on to Lynn, who pronounced it genious… and then turned around and gave me 2 1/2 gallons (dry measure) of […]