Just dropping in to link to a comment I made in catrambo's lj about food prices and our favorite cheap recipes. The link takes you to my comment, but there were lots of other good recipe ideas in the thread too.

Cheap eats hereI just got my first shipment from the CSA (Community Supported Agricultre program) on Friday and am enjoying the locally grown ( Read more... )

Stephan and I went out to dinner for Valentine's Day a day late, to R Bistro, a newish restaurant in town that proclaims, "we only season what's in season." Though they get a lot of their produce and meats from local sources, I asked about the fish, and was told it was mid-atlantic. I ordered it anyway, and it was delicious, served on a bed of ( Read more... )

The grocery store which has been about the only place I've shopped for the past two years is closing.

Sunflower food chain wiltsYes, I'm aware that this chain was owned by grocery giant Supervalu, and not the charming mom-and-pop operation it tried to emulate. But I liked shopping there instead of dreading a trip to the mega-markets. I could get ( Read more... )

I don't know how that phrase got associated with someone's death, though there are some interesting speculations here. I am definitely quite alive.

But I did just buy a share in a local organic farm through a CSA, a Community Supported Agriculture program. I'm now a member of Nature's Harvest Organics. I signed up for a 10-week early harvest ( Read more... )

We had a lovely Thanksgiving meal yesterday. I made my usual hot punch consisting of apple juice, cranberry juice, and a large tea ball packed with cloves, allspice, cinnamon sticks, candied ginger, dried orange peel, and peppercorns. It's especially good with dark rum (Jamaican, of course ( Read more... )

Deep fried Pepsi ( Read more... )

Don't make french toast with pitas. Blech.