You may have wondered why good olive oil can be so expensive…..well I now know why! Because it is HARD WORK to make!! A group of us (Me and Joe, LLAN, Heaven and Earth Farm and a beautiful French family) spent all day yesterday harvesting 4000 pounds of olives from an abandoned orchard not far [...]
The ancient Greeks made a number of associations between carnal pleasures; they enumerated a number of foods with sensual qualities. In modern times, despite the clichéd imagery invoked in recalling the “romantic candle-light dinner for two,” the strong parallels between the pleasures of eating and the pleasures of sexual intimacy suggest that this classic date [...]
Grow MORE of your own food – Spring, Summer, and Fall Gardening Workshop Series The Living Lands Agrarian Network (www.livinglandsagrariannetwork.org) is offering an eight-part workshop series with the goal of teaching people to grow more of their own food throughout the four seasons. In these workshops we shadow the farming season as practiced by the [...]
IN THE KITCHEN will be hosting an afternoon of cooking and sharing food on Saturday, January 24th to celebrate the GRAND OPENING! From 3-6 pm the kitchen will be open for tours, munching and mingling. Come and check out the beautiful new space that has been lovingly renovated from a residential bungalow to a commercial [...]
A close (but omnivorous) friend once claimed that vegetarianism is functionally a pyramid scheme: once you have committed yourself to such a diet, your moral convictions compel you to convince those in proximity to eschew their meat-centric fare. Unfortunately, such evangelism is generally poorly received. Of course, the health benefits of a well-balanced vegetarian diet [...]
Every kitchen seems to have a collection of inexpensive, battered cookware that, despite its aesthetic and functional shortcomings, continues to be used. But, as Lee Hilton points out, these ostensibly inadequate pot, pans, and baking sheets often have a sentimental value that rightfully prevent us from throwing them away. Hilton relates: “My Aunt Martha offered [...]
Fennel, Celery and Red Radish Salad This is the best winter salad to make when you need a quick fix of what’s fresh and flavorful! This recipe makes enough for 2-4 people as a side salad. 1-2 roots of fennel with fronds 3-4 stalks celery 2-3 red radishes Good aged Parmesan Olive oil Salt Pepper [...]
That’s right, next Monday (January 19th) Patti Bess will be teaching the first of 2 classes on Meatless meals. Patti Bess specializes in a repertoire of satisfying contemporary flavors that just happen to be meatless! her recipes are guaranteed to earn you rave reviews from the meatless and the reluctantly meatless members of the family. [...]
As Obama’s inauguration draws nearer, one can hardly consider the issues he will inherit to be trivial: economic instability, bringing the invasion of Iraq to an end, and addressing the issue of health care will be of primary importance in his presidency. However, if change is what we have voted for, we might expect some [...]
Most people agree that freshness makes all the difference in the taste of any food. However, as Mark Bittman points out in a recent New York Times article, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to purchase fresh ingredients in the cold months. He offers a number of simple alternatives to typical pantry stand-bys that [...]