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In Simply Me, I will share my experiences as I cook through all the recipes in Simply in Season. Through this process I hope to discover simple ways of preparing local, healthy foods and learn more about nutrition, sustainability, and how our eating choices impact the world.
Sometimes I’m not entirely sure where I fit on the foodie spectrum. On the one hand, I have friends who are vegetarians and vegans. On the other hand I have the Weston Price followers who are all about lots of meat (especially organ meat). I t (read full article)
Did you know there used to be a magazine called Kitchen Gardener? I did not, until I received a review copy of Cooking from the Garden: Best Recipes from Kitchen Gardener. From the publisher: The vegetable garden is back – thanks to renewed intere (read full article)
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it on this blog before, but I’m a member of Collective Bias. This means I get paid to shop and give my opinions! Is that not the coolest gig or what? Instead of complaining about corporate America I (read full article)
When we think about the 60s, it’s easy to fantasize about the retro aprons and think about how people cooked back then. After all, a common mantra among real foodies is “if your grandma wouldn’t recognize it as food, don’t ea (read full article)
What can I preserve without blanching? That’s the question I ask myself when I find I have too much produce to eat before it goes bad. I’m just too busy to mess with steaming/blanching/boiling. Not to mention we don’t have air cond (read full article)
You may have noticed the cool plates in some of the photos this week. Would you believe they’re disposables? I normally try to avoid disposable plates. The only time I don’t feel guilty using them is when we’re camping and can toss (read full article)
I’m a bit behind in my cookbook reviews (especially after realizing how many recipes I need to do before the end of August!). Luckily Cynthia over at the Cupcake Provocateur offered to sponsor a giveaway for my readers. She is providing the a (read full article)
The winner of the coconut oil was Win It Mama! Didn’t win? You can still get a free gift with purchase. You’ll receive a complimentary copy of Tropical Traditions’ Virgin Coconut Oil. Just choose “Referred by a Friend” and enter User ID: (read full article)
*Note: It’s the Friday before a long weekend. I know lots of us are procrastinating enjoying time on the internet before the long weekend so I thought I’d post this today! I’ve been thinking a lot about oil lately. No, not the BP (read full article)
*Note: It’s the Friday before a long weekend. I know lots of us are procrastinating enjoying time on the internet before the long weekend so I thought I’d post this today! I’ve been thinking a lot about oil lately. No, not the BP (read full article)
So, I’ve been dying to review Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America’s Farmers for awhile now, but I wanted to wait until I had a chance to try some of the recipes. With CSA season starting, I had the chance to sample a few. Here (read full article)
To celebrate the 4th of July, I decided to host a little Cooking Contest and Blog Hop! I hope this will be a fun way to get new recipes and meet other bloggers. Sorry, Canadians and others, you’ll have to wait for the next event. We are going t (read full article)
Yes, there really is a book with the title You Don’t Have to Wear Hemp Underwear. When the publisher contacted me about doing a review and giveaway, I was a bit skeptical. But I couldn’t resist the title. From the publisher: You know, yo (read full article)
After reviewing The Town that Food Saved, I wanted to sink my teeth into an even meatier look at the issues surrounding our food system, so I jumped at the chance to review Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations. Fro (read full article)
When DH and I were married four years ago, we spent our honeymoon at Black Star Farms just north of Traverse City in Suttons Bay. Even then, before I started learning about the local food movement, I loved learning about different foods and wines and (read full article)
Sometimes a book catches your eye in a bookstore. Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything was a book that did just that. After all, I figured it would be a good addition to my exploration of issues surrounding food. From the autho (read full article)
I was fully prepared not to like The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food by Ben Hewitt. As I’ve been learning more about local food, I have realized that there are no easy answers, and the title of this book mak (read full article)
The twist is that they are in different posts! Kind of like a virtual scavenger hunt. You can read my review, “A Farmer’s Daughter’s Response to Organic Manifesto” over at Kelly the Kitchen Kop’s blog. I’m honored (read full article)
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I know what you’re thinking. Another book on canning? At least that’s what I was thinking–a few Christmases ago my mom bought me a bunch of canning and food preserving books. But when I received this review copy, I was pleasantly su (read full article)
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