I always feel bad when my efforts to eat local interfere with other things in my life. Last week, I turned down a friend’s offer to go hang out on a boat and watch the sunset during the longest day of the year because I had bought all the ingredients to cook a local meal. [...]
One Local Summer Week 3: Womach Chicken
So, I missed last week’s OLS posting (I did manage a quick local meal–and that post is to come). But this week, I finally had the time to do my local foodshed justice.
About six months ago, I learned of Curtis Womach, and the pastured chicken farm he and a partner started out in Julian (about [...]
One Local Summer 2009! Week 1
As I’ve said numerous times, one of my favorite exercises on this blog has been One Local Summer. In participating, you commit to preparing, eating, and blogging about one completely-local meal a week, for each of the 10 weeks of the summer. I started it in 2007, and I’m delighted to be able to participate [...]
Salmonella to America: Wake Up!
It takes something I’m really frustrated with to get me out of an (ahem) three-month blogging lag, and this morning, the Washington Post provided it. (Which, ah, I knew because Huffington Post twittered it…have I mentioned that half the reason I haven’t been blogging is because I’ve been deceiving myself into thinking twitter posts phoned [...]
OLS Week 12: Local in Colorado
I decided this is a great situation to find yourself in: flying into a city you’ve never been to before, staying in a house that is throwing a Saturday barbeque, and being able to bike to a farmers market, pick up local produce, and make the guests a local dish with local foodstuffs that, despite [...]
OLS Week 11: Chili & Beer
First, a quick note: I realized that when I signed up to participate in One Local Summer this year, I didn’t bother to pay attention to how many weeks the summer was supposed to last. Part of me thinks that since last week was an even week 10, the OLS exercise could easily be over, [...]
OLS Week 10: Osso Buco
Whew! I made it.
Today’s meal hinged on a trip to the farmers’ market, which, finishing up brunch in Alpine at 11:30 this morning, I was pretty sure I was going to miss. But a well-timed return and a coincidental $15 in cash meant that I was able to squeeze in mere minutes before farmers began [...]
OLS Week 9: Gnocchi Reprise
I buy just about every local foodstuff I can get my hands on, but with every new product I try, my favorite remains the same: potatoes. Having local potatoes means a meal becomes a meal; a starch has the honor of joining the plate alongside meat and vegetables. Potatoes are just about the only starch [...]
OLS week #8: most local meal yet?
I had a particularly fun time with this week’s meal, because I managed to acquire all of the ingredients without getting in a car at all. Between moving to a more central neighborhood last March, and the opening of several new farmers’ markets this summer, there are now seven markets that are within biking distance [...]
OLS Week #6: Plank-Grilled Fish
To me, nothing says summer like corn on the cob hot off the grill. This week’s meal was a delicious excuse to indulge.
The Meal:
Plank Grilled Wahoo and Swordfish with Apricot Sauce
Corn on the Cob and Foil-Roasted Squash Medley
Simple and classic–it doesn’t get more summery.