Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 26th, 2009
The Crossroads spirit was with me on Sunday. At 6 a.m., I headed down to the starting line of Washington D.C.’s Marine Corps Marathon decked out in my Crossroads Farmers Market shirt and fortified by a well-wishing card from the market’s director. (For anyone interested, my tummy was fortified by some organic coffee and a [...]
Posted in Philosophizing on Oct 18th, 2009
The Marine Corps Marathon 10K is seven days away, and I’m still fundraising.
This morning, I headed to the Takoma Park Farmers Market with the goal of drumming up some donations in addition to doing my usual shopping. I expected to make my plug, hand out my fliers, and just hope people would go to the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2009
I’m at it again–asking friends and family to support the Crossroads Farmers Market. Before you read on, consider the photo you see above. This is a (slightly out of focus) example of elote loco, the wacky corn-on-the-cob snack you can’t find at any farmers market but the Crossroads. Behind that, you’ve got some truly fine-looking [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009
Dear Reader:
This week, I sent the message below to friends and family to raise funds for a cause I believe in. That cause just so happens to relate to food! Check it out, and give if you can.
Hello, friends! I hope this message finds you well and enjoying the new, fresh nip in the air. [...]
Posted in Recipes on Oct 7th, 2009
A tomato ripe for roasting. Photo by the author.
(Cross-posted from my Examiner.com page on D.C. farmers markets)
Cucumbers by the quart. Fifteen-pound watermelons. Hunks of farmstead cheese. Entire organic chickens. Smiling at you from a farmer’s table, they look delicious. Plunked down on the kitchen counter, they get a little more complicated. Turning them into good-for-you [...]
Posted in Entree pour vous, Recipes on Oct 7th, 2009
This recipe uses my new favorite grain, amaranth. Amaranth comes from a plant much like callaloo. Amaranth–the grain part–manages to cook up both chewy and mushy. It eats like a hearty porridge with bursts of firm morsels. I looked at my first batch of this creamy base and had a feeling it would make a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2009
The week of October 5 through 10 is D.C. School Garden Week, a time when educators encourage children to set up or improve gardens at their schools, learn about healthy eating, take pictures of their plants, and see a screening of a garden documentary made by fellow school kids.
Just as I believed a farmers market [...]
