Category Archives: local food

Eating Local Meal Plan for Spring

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Chris

Salad Greens & Asparagus in the Garden What I hope to illustrate with the following meal plan for next week’s Seven Days 100% Local challenge  isn’t so much that there are many delicious fresh foods you can pick up at … Continue reading →

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Rendering Fats at Home Primer, Lesson One

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Chris

Despite the bad rap from conventional medicine and most nutritionists, fats from animals raised on pasture are of great benefit to human health. Saturated fats play many important biologic roles. They are an integral component of cell membranes, which are … Continue reading →

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Charcutepalooza: Duck Breast Prosciutto

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Chris

When my husband and I were about to be married, we did what many couples do and set up a registry. Rather, I did what many brides do and set up a registry. Husband-to-be wasn’t especially keen on the idea, … Continue reading →

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Leftovers by Design: Chicken

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Chris

I was having one of those days. Tired and hungry at five o’clock after a very busy day during which I hadn’t thought even once about dinner. There were some leftovers from the previous evening’s experimental spaghetti squash “lasagna” with … Continue reading →

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Smells Like Spring Spirit

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Chris

We were enjoying a lovely spring tease here last week and my mind began turning to nettles. I strongly believe that our bodies, if we let them, will guide us to the foods we need for health. In the winter, … Continue reading →

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Fall Supper

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Chris

Sometimes it takes a bit of desperation to try a food that you have convinced yourself that you don’t like. For me, it was cooked bell peppers. Until almost four years ago, I couldn’t stand them–even the smell of them … Continue reading →

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Ode to the Tomato

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Chris

After last year’s dismal tomato harvest, I went all out this year to ensure that we would have lots of tomatoes and I’m so pleased to find my efforts paying off now. I started plants from seed indoors late last … Continue reading →

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The Best Mayonnaise…

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Chris

I’ve been making mayonnaise at home for a while now. Twenty years ago, when I first began exploring French cuisine, trying recipe after recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking a decade before Julie Powell began her … Continue reading →

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