I had 1 pound of gorgeous little plum tomatoes and no good plan for their use. So I decided to do a mini-version of Joanne’s tomato sauce (go to the comments on the post for the directions). She had 25 pounds of tomatoes to my 1 pound, but I figured the basic approach would work, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'local food'
Serendipity yields delicious tomato concoction
August 29th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
Renegade risotto reappears on menu
August 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
Yes, it was time to clean out the refrigerator and use up some fresh, local produce before it went bad. That meant time to resurrect Renegade Risotto for the first time of the season. This time, I wanted to use two small summer squashes, a very mildly hot large pepper plus chicken broth and bits [...]
Tags:rice·summer produce
Christmas in August brings taco salad, heavenly sugar-mint fruit
August 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
My niece at last appeared on my doorstep ready to claim her Christmas present, a cooking session with Aunt Janet. First, we got set up with ingredients and tools and clean hands, of course. Then we went to work. Kierstin, unlike her brother (although maybe it’s an age thing), is very focused on her cooking [...]
Tags:family·salads·summer desserts
Roundup: Local food at market, at fair, at school
August 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Roundup, local food, recipes
It’s been a great week for news about local and sustainable food. Hooray for summer! It’s farmers market week. Really, every week is farmers market week around here, April to November (give or take), but markets get a national nod this week. Rah! (K-State news) Blue-ribbon recipes. Try the prize-winning baking from the Douglas County [...]
Hot-hot-hot! Salsas and temps sizzle at market
August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Farmers markets, Food preparation, local food
If it’s early August, its salsa time in Kansas, and the Lawrence Farmers Market put salsa and its makers on display Saturday. Ambitious market coordinator Mercedes Taylor-Puckett organized not only salsa-making presentations by three Lawrence chefs, but also a competition open to market patrons. And she did it on what turned out to be the [...]
Tags:Farmers markets·salsa
Corn, tomatoes highlight midsummer meal
August 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Farmers markets, local food
Some highlights of last night’s dinner with friends. Sweet corn at its fresh and local peak. Three kinds of pasture-raised meat (beef, goat, lamb) cooked over a fire fueled with wood from the same property. Homemade coffee ice cream with chocolate chunks. Fruit salad made entirely of fruit from friends’ farm. The fruits included plums, [...]
