I splurged on the Kaw Valley Farm Tour recently and bought three whole, pasture-raised chickens. (Various studies report pastured chickens are better for the environment and better for people eating them (go to page 13 of the report on that link to find the health benefit information). Although these chickens costs less than others I’ve [...]
Entries Tagged as 'local food'
Soup uses the whole chicken
October 14th, 2007 · No Comments · Environment, Food preparation, Food selection, Healthy eating, local food, recipes
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Farewell, tomato; farewell, summer
October 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Food selection, local food
As if the briefer hours of daylight and declining temperatures weren’t signs enough, the solitary tomato on my window sill told me: summer is at an end. The last tomato? I took it from the sill, washed it and sliced it in half. The tomato, halved Its brilliant color and succulence gleamed. I halved the [...]
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Resourcefulness spans generations
October 7th, 2007 · No Comments · local food
It was a tough choice yesterday: Tour farms, or stain deck? Touring farms won. After all, the 2007 Kaw Valley Farm Tour was this weekend only, and my deck would still be there for a while (assuming I eventually get around to sealing it). You can read some highlights of the tour in my entry [...]
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Fitting butternut squash to a recipe
October 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
This post is about some delicious butternut squash ravioli, and the puzzles and pains of recipe interpretation that led to its being. It’s been a good year for butternut squash in my CSA, so I’ve been eating it before the cold weather arrives (when I typically would use it in soups). I ate the first [...]
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Food, environment activities plentiful
October 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Environment, local food
We’re on fall activity overload this month in Lawrence, Kansas, and a few events this weekend and next have to do with food and the environment. Besides the usual Saturday morning Lawrence Farmers Market, check out these events : The 2007 Kaw Valley Farm Tour on Saturday and Sunday, offering visitors (for $10 a carload) [...]
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Calling all turnip lovers
October 3rd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Food preparation, local food
I don’t hate turnips. I just think they’re useless. Unfortunately, and in a sure sign of cooler weather, the turnips are upon me again from the CSA bag. I don’t want to waste them, but they don’t seem worth the trouble to prepare. (Aren’t these turnips from the bag pretty? The bulbs are only about [...]
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