Eating Locally -- PLENTY of great organic gourmet food!
What a delight to discover the latest issue of PLENTY Magazine! One of the feature articles is about a family in Massachusetts who decide to eat 100% locally (and organically) for two months during the summer.
They are thrilled to find themselves healthier, satisfied with their food choices (mostly too much of a good thing), and not any poorer than before their adventure.
What happens when you eat locally, they discovered, is that you are "at the mercy" of whatever is available. It's a lot more conscious (you get to see the livestock you will soon be eating, for example, roaming the fields or pastures) -- a little bit limiting (so, how many strawberries CAN you eat at one sitting? This family discovered that maybe 35 pounds of fresh strawberries was not such a good thing -- unless you have a BIG freezer)-- and absolutely delicious.
One is more or less forced to become creative with the choices, during weeks when a desired vegetable is not quite ready to pick, or while waiting for the flocks of poultry to mature, or for the fruit to become ripe on the tree. This fact gets one digging deeper into old cookbooks, searching the internet for new recipes and tips, and generally doing things a little bit differently than usual. Which is not at all a bad way to go!
PLENTY's cover reminds me a lot of the old "Wired" magazine -- it's definitely hip and just a little outrageous -- but the contents are pretty solid. They've got other categories besides food, but the overall view is one that promotes sustainability, and green living. Can't argue with that!
But here? We'll stick to the food parts. . .with pleasure.
Here's how to get your own copy (and I recommend it -- it makes for a great read!) ===>
Oh. Before I forget, I'm going back through my web site and updating a whole bunch of pages, adding new links to directories where you can find ALL the great organic gourmet foods you want -- farms, CSA's, farmers markets, grocery stores that sell organic (and NO! I am NOT telling you where the nearest WalMart is, no matter what they tell you about selling organic food!) and organic chefs and delivery services and oh so much more.
Gonna be a busy summer -- but that's OK because I'll be fortifying myself with some great organic gourmet foods!
Bon appetit everyone! Enjoy your summer!
Yours for extraordinary dining -- for everyone,
Nancy
Eat well organically -- find out where!
They are thrilled to find themselves healthier, satisfied with their food choices (mostly too much of a good thing), and not any poorer than before their adventure.
What happens when you eat locally, they discovered, is that you are "at the mercy" of whatever is available. It's a lot more conscious (you get to see the livestock you will soon be eating, for example, roaming the fields or pastures) -- a little bit limiting (so, how many strawberries CAN you eat at one sitting? This family discovered that maybe 35 pounds of fresh strawberries was not such a good thing -- unless you have a BIG freezer)-- and absolutely delicious.
One is more or less forced to become creative with the choices, during weeks when a desired vegetable is not quite ready to pick, or while waiting for the flocks of poultry to mature, or for the fruit to become ripe on the tree. This fact gets one digging deeper into old cookbooks, searching the internet for new recipes and tips, and generally doing things a little bit differently than usual. Which is not at all a bad way to go!
PLENTY's cover reminds me a lot of the old "Wired" magazine -- it's definitely hip and just a little outrageous -- but the contents are pretty solid. They've got other categories besides food, but the overall view is one that promotes sustainability, and green living. Can't argue with that!
But here? We'll stick to the food parts. . .with pleasure.
Here's how to get your own copy (and I recommend it -- it makes for a great read!) ===>
Oh. Before I forget, I'm going back through my web site and updating a whole bunch of pages, adding new links to directories where you can find ALL the great organic gourmet foods you want -- farms, CSA's, farmers markets, grocery stores that sell organic (and NO! I am NOT telling you where the nearest WalMart is, no matter what they tell you about selling organic food!) and organic chefs and delivery services and oh so much more.
Gonna be a busy summer
Bon appetit everyone! Enjoy your summer!
Yours for extraordinary dining -- for everyone,
Nancy
Eat well organically -- find out where!
posted by Nancy at 6/06/2006 04:00:00 PM
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