A few things that might interest readers: PBS stations are showing a program based on the book The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan. I highly recommend reading Botany of Desire and am excited to watch the show. Watch a preview here. Columbus residents can view Botany of...
Read more →Part of the purpose of Hounds in the Kitchen is to advocate for local foods and local eating. ‘Local‘ is subjective and prone to green-washing as are so many other terms. With the advent of Local Foods Week coming soon (see below), now is a good time to talk about what is local. Some...
Read more →After you have made tomato sandwiches, salads, stews, and more, it is tempting to just toss the rest of you CSA or home garden tomato harvest in the compost heap. Preserving tomatos is not that hard and you will thank yourself in the fall for putting up farm fresh goodness. Here are a few...
Read more →One of the more difficult parts of most tomato sauce recipes is blanching the tomatos. Removing the skin has to be done in small batches and then you are left with slippery juicy innards to chop. Not to mention that one more pot of boiling water on the stove means more chances to burn...
Read more →When we first became members of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), we received plenty of produce that we had never encountered before. CSA managers are getting better about identifying everything in the share, but in the very beginning, we were given some veggies we couldn’t even name! Here’s my quickie guide for using your...
Read more →That’s no dyed egg! It’s the most deep aqua aracauna eggs I have ever seen, provided by one of Ahlam’s awesome chickens. Pretty natural colored eggs are just one of the pleasures of eating locally! May your eggs be colored and baskets overflowing this year.
One of the pleasures of CSA membership is receiving produce that we would never choose for ourselves. It forces us to learn how to cook and eat different things. Somethings we agree we wouldn’t choose to purchase again, but some things have become favorites. My current favorite CSA vegetable is kale. We will be...
Read more →We are busy! Here’s what we have been doing this week: 1) I went to a fun meet and greet CSA event at Wild Goose last night. Farmers from 2 Silos, Bridgman, Elizabeth Telling, Toad Hill, and Wayward Seed were there, all with spaces in their veggie/egg/meat CSAs still available. 2) We received a...
Read more →I just got this from Wayward Seed farm: ‘Learn how to eat local and savor the season’s best food all summer long. Join The Wayward Seed Farm on Wednesday, April 1st at 7:00pm at Wild Goose Creativefor a discussion about CSA and local food. Other farms planning to attend include Toad Hill Organic Farm,...
Read more →A few years ago I stopped buying yogurt in little containers and purchased the big containers to prevent waste. Then we transitioned from flavored yogurt to plain because most flavored varieties have so much sugar, thickeners and other unhealthy additives. Now we are making it ourselves. Homemade yogurt is so easy and yummy you...
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