Posted in EatLocalChallenge on Jan 27th, 2008
My first time recapping for the Eastern region and I’m already green with jealousy of the other participants!
Kim has a source for local shrimp, which makes want to make her adopt me so I could have a local shrimp source, too! In the two weeks since the last Dark Days update, Kim has made […]
Posted in recipes, locavore, EatLocalChallenge on Oct 1st, 2007
It was a great if exhausting weekend. The Sustainable Ballard Festival was fun - not quite as busy as the Seattle Tilth fest, but pretty good considering it was blustery, overcast and raining for much of the day. I met Jim McDermott, as mentioned before, and he said helow to my hens. The girls also […]
Posted in reading, locavore, EatLocalChallenge on Sep 28th, 2007
I never liked writing book reports as a kid, and I don’t enjoy them much more now. But the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan has changed the way I think about eating, and likely changed my eating habits for life. It’s a book that anyone who thinks of themselves as a “foodie”, good cook, green […]
Posted in press, locavore, EatLocalChallenge on Sep 27th, 2007
Today was a day of making local connections. Big and small and in-between. It was a day of connecting with new people and finding new ways to plug-in to local food.
Eco Geek talks back
Last night I sent an email to Sarah Jackson over at Eco Geek to see if she had any recommendations for restaurants […]
Posted in locavore, EatLocalChallenge on Sep 26th, 2007
Every once in a while I have a moment where I’m looking for one thing, stumble across something else, and think “gosh, how come I didn’t know this before???” Turns out that the Everett Herald has a staff blogger focused on going green and with several great posts on eating local. Check out Sarah Jackson’s […]
Posted in urban chickens, press, locavore, EatLocalChallenge on Sep 24th, 2007
This will be short as Jake is having a needy night - needing to find a way to put himself on my lap that is. Not sure if it’s the change in the weather, or my longer hours, or Mike being gone. But typing with one hand is not that much fun.
Anyhow, if you’re thinking […]
Posted in recipes, locavore, EatLocalChallenge on Sep 23rd, 2007
I love fresh corn on the cob. But I love even more sweet corn in the middle of winter. To make that happen this winter, and bring back that long missed taste from my childhood, I bought 20 ears of corn from Gypsy Row today - 10 white and 10 yellow.
Putting up corn in the […]
