Posts under ‘locavore’

For week #9 of the 2011-2012 Dark Days Eat Local Challenge, I made a crown roast of lamb to practice for Easter. As I’ve mentioned, we take turns with holidays and Easter is Mom’s (the vegetarian). If I can pull this off, we’re having this for Easter. If I can’t, we’re going with the old [...]

I’m a little behind in my Dark Days Eat Local Challenge posts. It’s currently week 8, nearly 9, and my last post was week 5! Still, it’s local almost all the time here—easily 80-90% on a daily basis. Unfortunately, it’s come down to choosing between doing local vs. writing about local lately. Here’s to hoping [...]

Despite the backlog of challenge meals to post, I have to tell you about the best thing to happen since local wheat. This winter has just gotten easier for locavores. Holbrook Farm has extended their growing season into the winter using green houses and hoop houses. They are supplying greens. Fresh organic greens. In the [...]

In my family, we take turns with holidays. Mine is Thanksgiving. Christmas belongs to my sister (she has children). Our tradition includes the seven fish on Christmas Eve and multiple courses of our favorites on Christmas Day. Those courses are: the antipasto of Italian cheeses and cold cut meats, the primo course of fresh ravioli [...]

For week #4 of the 2011-2012 Dark Days Eat Local Challenge, I made turkey bone vegetable soup. Over the past year, I’ve learned about the nutritional value of bone broths, with their chondroitin, glucosamine, and collagen. So I made a stock from the remains of my Thanksgiving turkey. The stock can be used for a [...]

For week #3 of the 2011-2012 Dark Days Eat Local Challenge, I made pulled pork sliders on biscuits. I never heard of a picnic roast before, so I thought I’d get one and try it out. A picnic roast is also called a shoulder roast. Typically, they’d have some skin on and a shank. I [...]

A while back, I posted about how to make microwave popcorn in a paper bag using local popcorn (or any other popcorn, if you must). I said to add oil to the kernels, but I just discovered that you don’t need oil at all. Just put the kernels into a lunch bag, seal it up [...]

While making Spaghetti Squash Alfredo, I noticed the texture of the spaghetti squash wasn’t unlike grated potatoes and thought perhaps latkes would be an experiment worth pursuing. My dish was loosely based on this latke recipe. Truthfully, it wasn’t wonderful. Two eggs were way too much for half a spaghetti squash so I had to add more [...]

It’s been over a week since Thanksgiving and my refrigerator is still packed. Most of it’s not leftovers from the meal, but more of the extra things I bought  just in case. Just in case something didn’t work out and I’d need a do-over. Just in case I needed options. Just in case I underestimated [...]

Just when you think industrial food couldn’t get any more disgusting… I watched a 60 Minutes segment on food flavoring. When talking about “natural flavorings,” Morely Safer made a comment about beaver butt glands. This reminded me of an article I’d recently read out on the Intertubes talking about this “natural flavoring” from a beaver’s [...]