Local Bites: Poached Egg on Mixed Greens with Maple-Roasted Bacon and Balsamic Sauteed Radishes

Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Eat Local, Farm Fresh, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

I’ve met the chicken that laid the egg I had for this lunch. I know the two farmers who grew the radishes and the lettuce too. That’s local.
Shawn looked at me a little funny when I suggested a nice mixed green salad (red leaf lettuce from Shortt’s Farm and Garden Center in Sandy Hook and [...]

She Eats!

Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Just Photos, Mama's baby | 5 Comments

I should have known that Paige would be gung-ho about eating regular foods . . . after all, I am her mother.
Paige has quickly gone from an immobile infant to a crawling baby. She’s sped from an 100 percent breastfed girl to a breastmilk, baby food and finger foods child. And she’s not showing any [...]

On Why You Should Go to Your Local Farmer’s Market Regularly

Posted on June 26, 2008 - Filed Under Eat Local, Farm Fresh | Leave a Comment

You know the saying “It takes a village.”? Well, folks, it takes a village to make the local farmer’s market successful.
You might pay lip-service to liking the concept of eating locally. You might tout the availability of locally grown farm produce, fresh breads and the like. But unless you are actually going to the farmer’s [...]

The Next Food Network Star: Episode 4

Posted on June 26, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Sorry, folks, I missed Episode 3 on account of being (incredibly) sick. But I am back with some notes on episode 4. Don’t forget to leave a comment and tell me what you thought.
The most annoying award goes to Nipa for her eek-ook-aak-squeal over the fish. Get it together, lady. But she didn’t and it [...]

Farmer’s Market Dinner

Posted on June 20, 2008 - Filed Under Eat Local, Farm Fresh | 2 Comments

Pesto whole wheat penne and baked caprese salad.
Need I say more?
This photo is from last week . . . I haven’t snapped any of this week’s foods yet. Nonetheless, this was another hardy local meal — cept for the pasta, which wasn’t local. I resisted the urge to splurge on the superb fresh mozzarella and [...]

Sauteed Spring Onions

Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under vegetables, vegetarian | Leave a Comment

Mmmm. The first fresh vegetables of late spring. These spring onions popped up at the farmer’s market a little over a week ago. They just looked so delicious (should have taken a pic!). Rather than try to use all in salads, salsas and other condiments, I decided to try something different: cooking them so that [...]

My Barnard Is Now Their Barnard

Posted on June 17, 2008 - Filed Under Barnard | 1 Comment

Back in my college days at Barnard, my friends and I had a few good places where we loved eat. But as time has passed, more and more of those places have closed. The latest to see demise is Wrapp Factory.
There was one semester where we had Wrapp Factory for dinner at least twice a [...]

Five Reasons to Eat Local

Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

This meal is 100% local from the Sandy Hook Village Farmer’s Market.
I love going to the farmer’s market. Walking from vendor to vendor, inspecting the produce and choosing what to buy is a lot of fun . . . to me at least. In the summer, I try to go every weekend. It’s a [...]

Top Chef Chicago: The Last Word

Posted on June 12, 2008 - Filed Under Top Chef | 4 Comments

Last night, I live blogged the finale of Top Chef Chicago. I know, I know — should have told you all that I was going to do that! But, it was sort of on a whim.
Once thing I did find with live blogging was that there wasn’t a whole lot of time to insert opinion [...]

More Eco-Friendly Father’s Day Gifts

Posted on June 12, 2008 - Filed Under Great Gifts, green living | Leave a Comment

Still looking for the perfect gift for your eco-friendly dad? I am running down some good options that you can get last minute this week . . . Click here to check out part 1 in this series.

Organic Style: Organic Style has a variety of eco-friendly suggestions from trees to journals to chocolates. They were [...]

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