Food holds memories. When we think of memorable food, we often think of holidays with families. Holidays call for special food that we don’t eat at other times of the year, and so they are …
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Remember when…
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Waste not, want not, then eat scones
In the midst of renovating my kitchen (before, demo, after) my work life took me into the direction of looking at and talking about food waste. It turns out we waste a lot of food. …
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Processing Unprocessed
I didn’t make New Year’s resolutions this year, I set goals. Is that different? I’m not sure. It’s different enough in my head. I can always make progress toward goals, but New Year’s resolutions feel …
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Nine and ten, begin again!
The last two days of the Local Food Challenge! Never mind that they were over a month ago. Life got busy….? I got distracted….? Whatever. Let’s just forgive and forget, mkay? Breakfast Day 9: Eggs …
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Days 7 & 8 of Local Food Life
It’s safe to say I’ve gotten into the swing of local food life. I don’t think to reach for the can of Pam. I go for olive oil or our giant roll of local butter …
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Day 6: Local food deja vu
Breakfast Day 6: Same story as yesterday. Forgot to take a picture, and can’t really remember what it was. My money would be on a smoothie. Frozen strawberries from the home farm, Snowville Creamery milk, …
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Day 5 – halfway there!
Breakfast Day 5: I’m starting to miss oatmeal. And even cereal. The only local breakfasts we’ve come up with are eggs, french toast, or smoothies. I forgot to take pictures, and now I can’t remember …
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Thank you, coffee.
Breakfast Day 4: After a late night of serving 30 people a 5 course meal, day 4 absolutely needed to start with coffee. Unfortunately, coffee is not a crop that grows well in Cincinnati, Ohio. …
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Epic Eating – Day 3 Local Food Challenge
At the end of day 3, I had helped serve 160 portions of all-local food. And my feet were killing me. Breakfast Day 3: We started out innocently enough. Lunch Day 3: We had family …
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Day 2 Local Food Challenge
Lesson of the day: It’s harder to be flexible when my sources of ingredients aren’t sold nearby every day. Our local food dinner party was scheduled somewhat tentatively, so I was adding the finishing touches …
