Sometimes (often!), easier is better when it comes to cooking and baking. Such was the case when I finally decided to pull the frozen cherries out of the freezer. At first, I thought I’d make a pie, since I’m a pie lover and couldn’t seem to find other cherry recipes that inspired me. Clafouti, which […]
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Cherry cobbler makes easy alternative to pie
April 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Environment, Food selection, local food, recipes
Roundup: Green eggs, green eating
July 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Green eggs, green eating · Environment, Food in the news, local food, Roundup
Green eggs (no ham). An outfit in Missouri is doing large-scale production of eggs from pastured chicken, and that’s something to crow about. (KC Star) Shrinking food print. Three questions can lead to greener eating. (KC Star) Osage oranges. Kate Will celebrates her picnic spot in Osage County in the shade of hedge trees, aka […]
Preserving apples, part 2: frozen slices
July 29th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preserving apples, part 2: frozen slices · Cooking for one, Cooking tips, Environment, Food preparation, recipes
If I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn’t have undertaken this exercise in freezing apples. But this is how we learn, right? It started because I wasn’t of a mind to turn on the oven, so I decided to prep half my apples, freeze them and turn them into pie at some […]
Kansas’ beef country gets orchestral exposure
June 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Eating out, Environment
What do you think of when you think of Kansas beef? The old Kansas City Stock Yards? The feed lots? Old Dodge City? You might, but to be in touch with contemporary food, you probably should think about ranches and packing plants, too. That’s because beef in Kansas is huge. Kansas may be the Wheat […]
A brief Earth Day greeting
April 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Environment
In honor of Earth Day, I direct you to Umbra’s handy and simple guide on what you can do to be kinder to the earth. To celebrate, I ate my lunch of local eggs and toast outside in the sun. And tonight, I’ll go hear Gary Nabhan talk about “The Geography of Food Endangerment.”
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Weeds are the stuff food is made from
April 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Environment, Food selection
(Note for feed subscribers: This corrects title of Nabhan and Kindscher’s paper.) I need to know more about weeds. All stars are pointing that direction. First, there were Ed‘s and Jennifer‘s blog posts about their foraging for food. Then, I looked into what Gary Nabhan is all about in advance of his upcoming talk Tuesday […]
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