Imagine my surprise when I picked up a friend’s CSA bag yesterday and confronted a quart box of grapes. Now, I knew that people grow grapes in Kansas, but I thought they were generally for wine. (See end of this post for a list of wineries.) I wasn’t aware of anybody growing table grapes. Bob [...]
Entries Tagged as 'local food'
Okra and raspberries CSA delights
September 11th, 2007 · 3 Comments · local food, recipes
When I picked up my bag from the Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance this week, I scored a couple of real treats—okra and raspberries—along with the unsurprising (and always welcome) tomatoes and green peppers and “salad mix” (mesclun), a sign of the changing season. I was very excited about the raspberries. I didn’t expect to get [...]
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Review: Alice Waters and Chez Panisse
September 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · General, local food
There’s no question that Alice Waters has been hugely influential in food in America, and her efforts are recounted in Thomas McNamee‘s recent history, Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, impractical, often eccentric, ultimately brilliant making of a food revolution. I read the book with interest but can’t say that I’m as enthusiastic about [...]
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Site resolves the safe-fish quandry
August 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Environment, Food preparation, Food selection, local food
Oceans Alive website helps identify best fish to eat and redeems my Salade Nicoise by pointing me to healthier and sustainably caught yellowfin tuna.
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Home canning probably won’t kill you
August 29th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Food preparation, local food
Yes, you should follow safety-tested recipes when you’re doing home canning, but don’t let novice canners’ paranoia about botulism discourage you trying this time-honored food preservation method. Yes, there’s an outside chance you could poison yourself and your loved ones, but let’s put things in perspective. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a [...]
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‘Go Organic!’ crowd bodes well for organic future
August 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Environment, Healthy eating, local food
The most interesting thing at the “Go Organic!” movie night last week was in the hall, not on the screen. Some 200-300 people (by my estimate) paid $5 to see movies about organic food production and sample the goods supplied by Local Burger last Thursday, August 23, 2007, at Liberty Hall, the old opera house [...]
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