Kitchen Scraps

We went to hear Ruth Reichel, of Gourmet fame, talk about her newest book at Elliot Bay last night. While she talked more about women’s issues than food, she was still fascinating. And?? They’re serving Hot Lips Soda in the cafe. Whoa.
The Seattle Cheese Festival is happening at Pike Place Market this weekend. I heard [...]

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Gathering Ingredients for Thanksgiving

Go over and visit the Sound Food website and you can read my recent article, Gathering Ingredients for Thanksgiving: A Foodie Field Trip.

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle website

For me, it was this book that started us off on our local eating adventures. I just noticed that they now have the book indexed, which could be handy if you’re looking for supportive websites, recipes, or plant varieties. Check out their website. It’s rather slow to be updated, but it has some useful links.

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It’s Never Too Early to Plan for Winter

It’s easier to eat locally during the summer, when the markets are overflowing with delicious choices. In the winter, things get a little bleaker and, if you’re not careful, you could get sentenced to five months of salad greens. Here’s what I learned from last year: plan ahead. We were lucky to have storage potatoes [...]

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