Posted in Recipes on Oct 27th, 2008
Remember the George and Martha series? And that one about the split pea soup? Of course that’s the one I recall best–I was a foodie even before I could make sense of the print in the story book. This tale depicts the hippo couple (”friends,” the book series insists, though I’m convinced they’ve worked in [...]
If you live in D.C., you’ve likely wandered by it dozens of times. It’s the regal stone and brick building perched on the hill overlooking the intersection of Connecticut and Florida Avenues. The red neon sign simply says:
Restaurant
Lounge
From the outside, it’s hard to discern what it’s called or differentiate it from the myriad other Dupont [...]
Posted in Philosophizing on Oct 20th, 2008
Working at the farmers’ market yesterday, I reveled in the questions. “Have you ever made pesto with the purple basil?” Asked one woman. “What could I substitute for spinach?” Asked another gal – or was it twelve of them? “How do you eat radishes?” Asked an untold number of market-goers. They eyed the purple versions [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2008
…of the fall issue of Edible Chesapeake. Check it out! You just might see a little article by your favorite onion-affinitied foodie blogger. The magazine is available at all the FreshFarm Markets farmers’ markets, Whole Foods, Coppi’s Organic on U Street, and other fine establishments.
For as long as I can remember, people have been taking bites out of the notion that Christopher Columbus was a hero. Maybe it was just my liberal New York upbringing, but I just cannot recall a lesson or discussion about the guy without a crack about how mistaken he was and what a terrible thing Americans did [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2008
Want to see how real people whose regular breakfast isn’t granola eat local? Check out Locavore Nation. The eastern region blog includes someone close–Autumn Long from West Virginia. But just to warn you, she’s kind of an exception to the “real people” rule. Her average breakfast is probably not only crunchy, but plucked that day from [...]
Posted in Holidays on Oct 7th, 2008
In honor of the new year and new season, I asked a few friends for their food resolutions for the foodie revolution. Here’s what they came up with. Notice any themes emerging?
Carrie resolved…
to eat local food in season!
Sunita pledged…
to eat more tofu!
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2008
While I like the book and the people behind Veggie Revolution, I don’t think you have to write a manifesto to invoke change through food.
Maybe you can start with food resolutions you’d like to make. Got any?
Here are a few of mine: Bake bread more often, and don’t always use the bread maker; invite people over for [...]
Posted in Holidays, Philosophizing, Recipes on Oct 1st, 2008
My Partner in Fermentation and I have embarked on yet another sauerkraut adventure. After trying it with too much salt, too little salt, not enough packing down of the shredded cabbage, and letting it ferment in a place that we now know was too warm, we may have gotten all the variables to line up [...]
