I ended up skipping one of the weeks of this challenge (preserving in vinegar), because I’m super disorganized these days. I didn’t have vinegar, my basil went bad, I ended up eating all my cilantro, etc. etc. The timing never ended up working out. But just so all of you know, you can preserve things in vinegar! Things like herbs (think salad dressing) and other veggies as well. I may end up getting to it later or I may not.
When I first moved to Washington last year, I was thrilled to discover that you can buy raw milk here. From the store. For those of you who don’t know about the war over raw milk being waged all over the country, or if you are lucky enough to have lived your life in a state where selling raw milk is legal, this might not seem like a very big deal to you.
Once upon a time in the mid-90’s, a cool movie character who I kind of wanted to be made three sounds at once (Neve Campbell in Three To Tango, for anyone who’s curious). The protagonist says to his love interest…
As a member of Eating Well Magazine’s website, I get to participate in polls that various marketers run, including a recent question, “Are you planning on joining a CSA?” I decided to take a look at the answers, and a few were very interesting.
I almost didn’t write a review of Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle because 1) it’s so last year, and 2) you should just blow off reading this review and go get the book. But it also feels odd to not review what, for me, has become a foundation of my understanding of local food, ...
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