Posted in Cooking, EatLocalChallenge, Preserving on August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Someone really oughtta do something with all those tomatoes.
I guess that’s me.
Thanks to my in-laws and our kitty-litter-tomatoes, we found ourselves with another bounty of tomatoes this weekend. Since I already did the dip, peel, seed, boil, can process a few weeks ago, I decided it was time to freeze some sauce. And [...]
Posted in Cooking, Local Food, One Local Summer on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For this week’s OLS entry, we dined on local grilled beef and veggies, along with a local peach and blueberry crisp (the topping was a riff on Deborah Madison’s from Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone).
The steak was grilled, along with the potatoes (brushed with olive oil and salt, then grilled cut side down on the top [...]
Posted in CSA, Local Food, One Local Summer, Thoughts on August 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m baaaaack. I can’t say that I love inland southern California, but I can say that I’m glad my folks are settled and happy. I can only imagine how many more people per day (maybe per hour!) we have to figure out how to get water to down there. Ugh.
First, OLS week 8, for which [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m visiting my folks this week, newly retired to Sun City, California. Lots of great produce, though – can’t wait to return and post pictures. I’m sorry to miss OLS this week, but I’ll be back again next week!
Posted in Canning, Cooking, Local Food on August 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sure, we’ve been eating local. Any chump could in August around here! Practically without trying. There are cucumbers everywhere, the blueberries are ripening, and you can hardly shop anywhere – grocery store, bookstore, coffeeshop, that someone doesn’t try to give you squash for crying out loud!
But buried beneath the delirium of bounty, I have a [...]
