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First Saturday of Summer / Curry Broccoli Salad

I know what you’re thinking, that summer came weeks ago on the Solstice. But here in Seattle summer rarely shows up before the 5th of July and this year was no exception. We spent the 3rd and 4th in down vests and long pants, enjoying the long weekend but wishing it was warmer. Then, predictably, [...]

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Chicken Butchering 2010

Yesterday was the “great chicken harvest of 2010″. A fantastic mix of friends, family and acquaintances came together to butcher 99 broilers for our freezers. It’s amazing how much faster and more confident we’ve gotten in this process over the past two years – once we all got our “muscle memory” back, and got the [...]

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Dark Days 09/10 Week #17 :: Pork Ragu

Incanto's Pork Ragu – Thanks to Jen

Sometimes friends bring you gifts and sometimes they bring you gifts of really good food. If you’ve never had Boccalone salumi you’re seriously missing out. If you have had it you completely understand why this single jar made me dream and plan for almost a week before we [...]

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32nd Birthday, extreme version

Delancey :: bar and kitchen

Yesterday wasn’t a big birthday, but it was my birthday nonetheless and sometimes you have to celebrate even the unexciting years in a BIG way. Hence the fun fest that was the last 4 days…

On Friday, while I was finishing up a paper at work, Jen, Jeanne and [...]

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Dark Days 09/10 Week #16 :: Hash on Mashers

If I were a real foodie blogger I would never in a million years tell you what we had for dinner tonight. Luckily, I’m a farm blogger that happens to like good simple food and so I will share the one dish meal we made tonight. There’s no name for it, let’s just call it [...]

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Dark Days 09/10 :: Week #15 Recap (Midwest, West)

   
The Midwest:

Kids! are the center of the action at El’s (Fast Grow the Weeds) house. Well, that and a cabbage dinner featuring bubble and squeak, round steak, pumpkin bread and a bitter greenhouse salad with foraged walnuts. She’s wondering if the end of the Dark Days Challenge on March 31 will really be [...]

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Dark Days 09/10 Recap :: Week 15 (East and South)

The East

Daftly Smitten is another blogger who says why not have breakfast for dinner.  She defrosted some polenta pancakes and served them with strawberry syrup.  She also made a tasty omelet with cheese, mushrooms, bison sausage and some non local spinach.   A hearty meal for a famished eater.

Stacey at Fessenden Farmstead has started getting [...]

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