A couple of weeks ago, my partner and I brought home our first-ever CSA (community supported agriculture) care package from an area organic farm. A CSA is simply an agreement where you pay a local farmer a certain amount for a set period of weeks, for which in return you get a weekly bag of [...]
Salt - it's my one weakness. Ok, maybe cute baby animals, chips and salsa, and bookstores rank as highly for that title, but salt is up there. So when you hear the rumor that perhaps one salt is 'healthier' than another, it is something I felt I had to investigate. And in honor of Salt Awareness [...]
Eating out is such a major part of any social scene these days. Bowling teams, coworkers, women embarking on a girl's night: They all pile into a restaurant that can accommodate large groups of hungry people, to enjoy the atmosphere, the company, and a great, savory meal that just magically appears before them. Heck, even [...]
In case you didn't know, this coming week August 5 - 11 is National Farmer's Market Week. All hail the mighty American farmer! Locavores, unite! Believe me when I tell you, farmers don't do what they do for the money. Well, they try to. But for smaller farms, it's becoming harder and harder to break even these [...]
While perusing a book I'd recently acquired on food and cooking (totally out of character for me, right, to pick up yet another cookbook? You can all laugh now), a section in it got me to thinking. The book proposed 12 essential tools for the kitchen. While I had everything except two (though both were [...]
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