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Archive for the ‘Local Food’ CategoryA carefully dried tomato can carry the taste of summer’s sweet abundance through many seasons. Dried tomatoes provide a distinct chewy texture and richness to pan sauces and stews. They can be eaten as is for a quick burst of vitamin C. Making your own during is not hard at all. Equipment Dried tomatoes are generally made in [...] | August 31st, 2010 | Tags: dehydrating, sundried tomatoes, tomatoes | Category: Gardening, Local Food, Preserving |
| 4 comments Oh, Julia Child, you dear pink tomato. Your blushing beauty covers your spicy inside, tempting gardeners for decades. Cherokee Chocolate, dark enchantress of the bunch. That Christmas colored skin of yours yields to a dark juicy flesh, dripping with sunlight transformed to sweetness. Then there’s you, Rutgers. Your pleats, your bulbous inundations, inspire a thousand delicious thoughts.
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August 25th, 2010 | Tags: heirlooms, julia child, tomatoes | Category: Cooking, Gardening, Grow Your Garden, Local Food, What's Growing |
| 5 comments The free Goodale Park Music Series continues this Sunday August 15 with fo/mo/deep, a funky soul band. The band will play from 12:30 – 2 pm at the gazebo shelter.Last year, a potluck naturally evolved during these concerts. This year the food sharing is more formalized and I am honored to be one of the food [...] |August 11th, 2010 | Tags: fo/mo/deep, food blogging, goodale park music series, potlucks | Category: Events, Local Food |
| Leave a comment Our frozen blueberry stash was not replenished this July as in years past. To remedy this situation I have been hunting for an opportunity and location to pick berries. The timing worked out this past weekend when we were visiting family in the near-Dayton area. Searching through PickYourOwn.org revealed Berryhill Farm south of Xenia Ohio. [...] |August 10th, 2010 | Tags: berryhill, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, upick | Category: Family, Local Food, Travel |
| 12 comments In Canning Week 2010 day 3, I share a bit about canning vegetables. View a lesson on pectin and recipe for peach jam from earlier in the week. Tomorrow I’ll discuss pickles. The massive harvests are starting, and they aren’t limited to sweet fruits. Something has to be done with mountains of tomatoes, corn, green beans, and [...]  |
August 4th, 2010 | Tags: canning, canning week 2010, preserving, tomatoes | Category: Local Food, Preserving |
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