My CSA box this week contained sweet potatoes…lots of sweet potatoes. The ugliest sweet potatoes you’ve ever seen. This is what a sweet potato looks like when it’s been damaged [ … ]
Big Surprise: Farmers’ Markets on the Increase
The USDA (rather belatedly) began tracking farmers’ markets in 1994. Although they’re still not very good at it (a check of their database shows exactly THREE in my hometown of [ … ]
Free Online Home Canning Course
The National Center for Home Food Preservation is offering a free, online, at-your-own-pace course in home food preservation through the Universtiy of Georgia. Topics include: Introduction to Food Preservation General [ … ]
Drink & Democracy: A Stroll Down Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail
TableTours is offering a three-day local eating and drinking tour of Kentucky’s Bourbon country October 2 – 4. The price of the tour is $350 per person and includes diverse [ … ]
Oat Groats: Cheap, Tasty, Healthy Breakfast
I’m eating a lot of oat groats these days. I found a source for locally-grown oat groats, but the minimum order was 25 pounds. Oat groats are the least processed [ … ]
Traveling Locavore: Tin Angel Cafe, Salt Lake City
Our family traveled through Salt Lake City, UT, during our National Parks Extravaganza this summer on our way between Grand Teton National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. As always [ … ]
The Locaquaffer: Fresh Peach Wine Spritzer Recipe
It’s peach season! Fresh peaches are abundant in many farmers’ markets right now, and they are delicious this year. Take advantage of a fresh, local, seasonal ingredient for your evenings [ … ]
Raw-Milk Cheeses Now Legal in Quebec
The Quebecois, always more French in their approach to food than the rest of Canada, have decided raw milk cheeses are worth taking a risk on after all. Quebec, like [ … ]
Raw Milk: How To Set Up a Herdshare, and How To Evaluate a Dairy Farmer’s Herdshare Program
One of the more delicious ways to eat locally is to drink local milk. For most of us, this means raw (unpasteurized) milk. Unfortunately, raw milk is illegal to buy [ … ]
Killer Canning, or How to Choose Safe Canning Recipes and Avoid Poisoning Anyone
How can you tell if that canning recipe you found is safe? Here are some tips and tricks to help you choose safe canning recipes for you and your family to enjoy.
Traveling Locavore: Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel Dining Room, Yellowstone National Park
When my family was planning this summer’s National Parks Extravaganza, I did a little research on local eating in the cities through which we were traveling as we moved from [ … ]