Some may find pictures in this post graphic. Sometimes you have one idea in mind and the day takes a totally different direction. Today was such a day. A fellow chicken-keeping family called around 10 in the morning and said this was the day they wanted to kill one of their hens. Speckles, a...
Read more →Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association is one of my favorite local foods groups in the state. They enable small farms to be certified organic, provide a great resource guide for consumers, hold informative farm tours, and run a great annual conference. On Saturday January 22, OEFFA is hosting a casual conference benefit evening. ...
Read more →How do you open an acorn squash? Or a huge Cinderella pumpkin? I usually pull our big cleaver from the magnetic knife strip. I hold it with both hands and smack at the tough skin. The squash rolls and I try to right it. The cleaver gets stuck and I smash down further anyways....
Read more →I had the pleasure of eating at Alana’s Food and Wine for lunch a few weeks ago during the Ohio AEP gridSMART presentation. I consider previous dinners at Alana’s as some of the best I’ve had in Columbus and, honestly, I will listen to damn near anything so long as it includes lunch at...
Read more →I have no pictures of the turkey or family portraits or plates of food from this Thanksgiving. Instead, I have pictures of Big Mac. Big Mac is a hog raised by my mother’s cousin’s family, the Barkers. After Thanksiving dinner (including the delicious ham of one of Mac’s former barn-mates) a group of us...
Read more →Our cider press has seen lots of action since we acquired it a month ago. Here is what it produced so far: October 26 – 1 liter pear cider November 6 – 1.5 gallons winesap cider, 1 gallon gold rush cider + lots of tastes consumed at our Cider Pressing Party November 21 –...
Read more →Central Ohio is home to many fantastic restaurants. Those of us who live here know it is as difficult to choose a spot for a date night from the many great options as it is to name a favorite child. Well, except for those of us who only have one child…I guess that isn’t...
Read more →After profiling Columbus Winter Farmer’s Market last year, I returned last weekend for the opening of their 2010-2011 season in a new location, the Clintonville Women’s Club at 3951 N High Street. With the change of venue comes a large uncrowded parking lot, a beautiful stage with sound system for musicians, and larger hospitality...
Read more →I am a mad woman cooking and cleaning for tonight’s POM Party. The people at POM Wonderful sent me two cases of fresh pomegranates and some juice with which to host a dinner. I am featuring this non-local seasonal ingredient with a host of Ohio seasonal ingredients. As two diners are cow’s milk sensitive,...
Read more →There’s a new food experience in town, one that is sure to wow locals and visitors alike. It is Columbus Food Adventures, the food tour business of local restaurant expert Bethia Woolf. Bethia sprung onto the food scene in 2008 with the blog Hungry Woolf (now merged with the Columbus Food Adventures Blog), quickly...
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