Posted in one local summer, locavore, gardens on Jun 13th, 2008
I have thoughts I’d like to share on what’s happening in Cedar Rapids and the midwest, but I’m still processing them. I’ll likely post about it on Sunday night. In the meantime, here’s our One Local Summer meal for this week.
This week I was on the road from Monday until about 2:30 this morning and […]
Posted in Local Foodshed, one local summer, locavore on Jun 6th, 2008
It seems like the Dark Days Challenge just ended, but here we are at the start of the One Local Summer 2008 challenge. I’ll be posting not only here, but also at Farm to Philly as the West regional coordinator. Check on Tuesday morning for the first recap of the summer - I’ll be posting […]
Posted in recipes, reading, one local summer, locavore, eat local on May 27th, 2008
Lest you think that we’re so busy local eating has gone by the wayside, let me assure you that things are still pretty dang local around here. The garden isn’t feeding us, but hopefully we’ll have lettuce and radishes soon. In the meantime I’ve been hitting the farmer’s markets and the local grocers that reliably […]
Posted in one local summer, eat local on May 3rd, 2008
Nicole is hosting the 2008 One Local Summer challenge over at Farm to Philly. The challenge will run from June 1 to August 31 this year.
Essentially you prepare one meal a week using all local ingredients (100 mile radius or your definition) and write about it on your blog. Weekly recaps for each region (West, […]
Posted in one local summer, locavore on Aug 27th, 2007
This is it, our last One Local Summer Challenge meal. It’s become such a part of our lives, spreading so that pretty much every meal we cook this summer is 75% or more local. Hard to imagine that we won’t “have” to report on it every week any more. It’s been a wonderful trip, an exploration […]
Posted in press, one local summer, locavore on Aug 22nd, 2007
We’re not subscribers to the Sunday Seattle Times, so I missed the fact that this week’s edition of their Sunday magazine included a feature on local farmers and eating locally. Thanks to JC Costello’s post on the Ethicurean yesterday I’ve now been alerted and had a chance to read it in it’s entirety.
Wow! After the let down […]
Posted in one local summer, locavore on Aug 20th, 2007
Back in July Jamie over at 10 Signs Like This made corn chowder for her OLS meal. It sounded delicious and I decided that once the corn came in we would give her recipe a try. Wow! It was every bit as good as it sounded. I made a couple of minor changes, but not […]
