The Casbah Market got some local ink, and now here’s my promised two cents, based on a single, brief visit and discussions with a couple of friends. The good news — The owners have done a good job transforming the Casbah space (even though it meant the end of an architectural aspect of some personal [...]
Entries Tagged as 'local food'
Casbah will be interesting to watch
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Food selection, local food
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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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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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Weather’s great for nonlocal foods
January 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Food selection, local food
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about food—particularly local food—and weather, as the last week or so has given us temperatures in the teens and in the 60s, sunshine, rain, ice and snow. Local is the big word in food trends these days, and for good reason. Our food system has gotten out of whack [...]
Talking turkey some more
December 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, Food selection, local food
Now, having eaten some turkey leftovers (and inspired by the scent of the turkey carcass simmering in my stock pot along with onion, garlic, celery, carrot, parsnip, some herbs), I am prepared to talk a little more in depth about the taste and texture of the pastured turkey we had for Christmas. I’m glad I [...]
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Diners praise pastured bird
December 25th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Food preparation, local food
Christmas dinner was an unqualified success. Turkey turned out beautifully, as you can see, and I don’t think the diners were being indulgent in rating the pastured turkey a fine tasting bird, too. I roasted it pretty much as Ed and Joanne suggested in the comments on this turkey post. I put a hunk of [...]
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