Blackberry Fields

One of my coworkers asked me about using flour if I’m a locavore.  I told her that I buy it, but that’s why my goal is to buy 85% percent locally produced food – so I can have spending room for those delightful things that I can’t readily get locally.  Umm…like King Arthur’s Flour and [...]

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Preservation Notes – Part 1

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about winter.  Not just because it’s getting hotter outside and I could eat a snow cone right about now, but because all of my favorite produce is starting to come into season and I want to be able to put some away for use in the winter.  This [...]

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What is the definition of “locavore”?

I’ve been thinking a lot about my definition of a “locavore lifestyle.” I buy a lot of tomatoes every week because they are good in just about everything.  What’s more, I buy them from a vendor (Sunburst  Tomatoes) at the Western Wake Farmer’s Market (WWFM) in Cary, NC.   When I first saw the tomatoes, I [...]

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Peas Be With You

Last weekend I bought some “sugar snap peas” from the Farmer’s Market.  I was in a hurry and didn’t really look at them closely enough.  So, of course, when it came to sautéing some snap peas for dinner I had a problem.  They were too mature and the pods were more spotted than I find [...]

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