Two posts and articles to consider, falling on either end of the real food debate spectrum:
Check out Kurt Michael Friese’s comments on Slow Food’s “Time for Lunch” campaign on Civil Eats: it contains some valuable background information on the movement and a call to action in the form of a Labor Day Eat-In.
And I have to take [...]
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Michelle Obama continues to excite discussion with the “what next” side of the White House garden: “The Next Course.” I’m happy to see that although her team is clearly well aware of the issues (local, organic, sustainable, etc.) they have intentionally chosen to keep it on the vague side – indeed, when there are many inner [...]
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We’re loving Michigan so far…except for the eagle-sized mosquitos!
I visited the Ann Arbor Farmers’ Market two weeks ago and was thrilled to find a wide variety of vendors and some beautiful produce. After living next door to the Torrance Farmers’ Market, it was difficult to drive so far to one, so I was happy to discover the [...]
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Garlic chives, jiucai in Mandarin, are available in Asian markets and at farmers’ markets that have vendors of Asian produce. The look like a long, flattened version of our chives. When fully grown they are not hollow at the center and sometimes have buds at the tips. If you can’t find them, you can substitute the more [...]
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Still trying to get across town to the asian market, but in the meantime a very important quick link for those of us with kids and those of us who care about all kids: sign up to support Slow Food’s Time for Lunch campaign, which promotes small changes to the Child Nutrition Act, which is up for [...]
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We’re almost completely unpacked, now looking for those last few must-have items – mirrors, lamps, etc. – and waiting for delivery of a few more. I’ve investigated the local central farmers’ market and will visit a neighborhood one today – Michigan is about a month behind California in produce, of course, but the cherries are [...]
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Still unpacking, managed our first home cooked meal in 2 weeks last night, but wanted to note a few pieces that caught my interest while we were on the road:
More on Will Allen: “Street Farmer”
“Say No to Raw Cookie Dough” (Darn! I love the stuff. More incentive to make those changes to oversight…and to buying pastured, [...]
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It’s been a long trip from CA to MI: we’re officially in possession of our new house…but our worldly possessions don’t arrive until tomorrow, so we’re still in a hotel and still (to my dismay) eating out 3 meals a day. Can’t wait to get back to the kitchen! And I am VERY excited about trying [...]
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