As much as I like to cook, I do like to go out to eat, too. A friend and I went to Teller’s the other night, the first time in a while, and I was pleased to see such items on the menu as Baumans’ chicken and pork from Amy’s Meats, both nearby farms. Even […]
Entries Tagged as 'local food'
Roundup: Local food at market, at fair, at school
August 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · local food, recipes, Roundup
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 […]
Roundup: Pharma-food; local growers, local harvest
July 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Pharma-food; local growers, local harvest · Food in the news, local food, Roundup
My tax dollars at work. It didn’t get much attention in Kansas, but controversial pharma-food producer Ventria got a nice loan from me and my fellow taxpayers. Now they’re talking an over-the-counter product instead of saving third-world children. What a surprise! (The biggest report in the Wichita Eagle, mere mentions in KC Star, Lawrence J-W, […]
Tags:genetically modified organisms·growers·local food·sweet corn
Organic wines highlight weekend of good eating
June 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · local food, potlucks
Organic wines were the headliner at my friends’ house last night, and they provided the perfect accent to a weekend of good food. What a good deal, given that I haven’t cooked all weekend! I’ll talk about the food below, but here’s a bit about the wines. The wines we tasted, before I lost track: […]
Tags:local food·organic wine·wine
Plain, pan-fried burger amazingly good
May 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Healthy eating, local food
I went to the kitchen last night thinking I’d make myself a big, spring salad of spinach and I forget what else. Instead, I saw that in addition to all the good green spring stuff in my refrigerator I had some freshly thawed local, grass-fed and grass-finished ground beef from MJ Ranch. My plans changed. […]
Tags:beef·local food·meat
Roundup: Meat, meet and eat
May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Meat, meet and eat · Farmers markets, Food in the news, Food preparation, local food, Roundup
Meaty treats. Join ranchers and Local Burger maven Hilary Brown 8 a.m.-10 a.m. this Saturday (May 24) at the Lawrence Farmers Market for Local Meat: It’s what’s for dinner! With Hilary at the grill (and doing some advance prep, too), market visitors can sample a variety of local meats. At a volunteer meeting last week, […]