Summer is here and it’s time to go out and enjoy nature. Chances are that you’re packing up to go explore some of the wonderful scenery that our area has to offer. If you’re going backpacking, you might find yourself staring at packaged foods, lost and wandering through the grocery store, as your prepare for [...]
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Eat Locally, Even When You Hit the Trail (or ‘How to Really Torture a Tomato’)
Posted in Adventures, Recipes, tagged backpacking, camping, food, local eating, pasta, recipe, sauce, snacks, tomatoes on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some Soda Starts at the Farm
Posted in Adventures, Rants, tagged food, local eating, soda on March 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
When I drink a soda, I like it to be of high quality. No corn syrup is a given, but have you given much more thought to what goes into that beverage you’re drinking? We recently discovered a new option, made from local ingredients, on the shelves of the grocery store and were inspired to [...]
Looking for Produce in Hollywood
Posted in Adventures, tagged farmer's market, food, local eating, los angeles on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We went down to LA to visit a friend and soak up some sunshine, and so it was only natural that we would stop by the farmer’s market and stock up on some California produce.
Our first stop was unexpected. We went to hike Joshua Tree National Park (amazing!) and found a farmer’s market right around [...]
There’s a new cheese in town
Posted in Adventures, tagged cheese, Mt Townsend, pizza on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What could be better news? Mt. Townsend Creamery has a new cheese called New Moon. We bought some at the University District Farmer’s Market a couple of weeks ago and sliced some down last night to top a hamburger. I must confess that we munched much more while we were waiting for dinner to be [...]
23 Pounds Later: A Journey in Fresh Sausage
Posted in Adventures, General, Recipes, tagged food, Kielbasa, Knackwurst, local meat, pork, recipe, sausage, sausage making on January 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It was an ambitious project, in many ways an overly ambitious project: 25 pounds of pig, 4 willing friends and a well-stocked home kitchen. But after having made fifteen pounds of fresh sausage and enjoying the fruits of our labor, we felt the satisfaction of an excellent meal well earned. The coming days [...]
Breaking News: Half a Pig
Posted in Adventures, General, tagged butcher, food, local meat, pig on January 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Today is the day! Last year I was lucky to be able to sign up to get half of a pig that was being raised just around the corner from me – and the butchered product just arrived.
My cut sheet was a storm of special instructions, since I intend to make my own sausages, try [...]
