I’m back from the mountain. (I’ve been back over a week, actually, but it’s taken me this long to sort through the pictures.) We spent four stunning days at Mount Rainier, camping and hiking, followed by two much wetter, but still fun, days in Seattle. At Rainier, we saw the mountain up close and personal. [...]
The time for New Year’s resolutions has passed, you’ll tell me, but from our food’s perspective, the new year is right around the corner. Spring is already in the air. For food lovers, this is the exciting, difficult time when everything is growing, but just about nothing is ready to eat. It is the perfect [...]
SXSW was full of local food stories form the web, Austin, and around the world.
It’s a happy day for local foodies: Michelle Obama is going to start a vegetable garden at the White House. The sustainable food community has been pushing for this since before Barack’s inauguration: symbolically, the garden stands for healthy eating, local food, and freshly prepared meals. It sounds like those meals will be pretty tasty, [...]
I woke up this morning hearing the surprisingly loud drum of rain against the windows. Not exactly weather that makes me want to leap out of bed and run to the market, but eventually I dragged myself out of bed for a much needed farmer’s market and grocery store run. I lucked out, and the [...]
The weather is warm enough for frequent rain, birds twittering in the mornings, and yesterday, a long winding walk through Rock Creek. But it is not, apparently, warm enough for vegetables yet. For the past few weeks, I have shown up early at the farmer’s market, crossing my fingers for real produce. Yet all they [...]