Archive for June, 2008
Make it Again: Creme Fraiche
We have had lots of interest in making creme fraiche so I am reposting an entry from April. If you didn’t try it then, this is a wonderful time to make up a batch to use in salad dressings or to have with berries for dessert.
Creme Fraiche is a beautiful, versatile ingredient you can make [...]
How to Make Compost
Making compost doesn’t have to be complicated. This video from Kitchen Gardens International gives you all you need to know to get started. King County offers some composting items at a discounted rate to residents to encourage waste reduction.
Fish are Jumpin’ & the Carrots are Nigh
Who knew that a piece of wild Alaskan salmon and a yogurt raita from southern India, accompanied by a piece of naan, could land on the same plate and have a decent conversation.
Traditionally Indian and Greek condiments, raita and tzatziki use similar ingredients and are served with lamb or grilled veggies. We enjoyed the [...]
Straight-from-the-Garden Pasta Sauce
If you’re serious about eating from garden plot to plate, this is the dish for you. You can literally make this sauce while sitting at your picnic table, going inside only to cook the pasta. It’s that easy and brings out all the summery flavors of tomato, basil and garlic in a way that cooked [...]
Elliott Bay Brew Pub . . .
. . . a local business to believe in.
A couple of months ago I posted a comment from Kurt Timmermeister of Kurtwood Farm on Vashon Island describing his thoughts about living locally. He said, among other things: I want to move from just eating locally to living life and doing business locally with a vision [...]
Duck Duck Yuck
I wanted to love duck eggs. Really. I had seen Jamie Oliver using them on my favorite (and only) cooking show, Jamie at Home. He makes everything look healthy and delicious. (The fact that he is so adorable doesn’t hurt). He was dipping asparagus into a soft-boiled duck egg surrounded by his huge kitchen garden. [...]
Growing Our Food: Whistling Train Farm
One reason that shopping at the Farmers Market is so satisfying, aside from the amazing variety of food available, is the familiarity that develops among farmers, vendors, and customers.
Friends and acquaintances inevitably and unexpectedly appear. There’s time given for catching up, poking around, comparing notes.
We might not recognize it as the exotic ambiance [...]
Seed Bomb Recipe
The notion of a gardener and a seed bomb recipe is oxymoronic to the nth degree. Gardening and bombs aren’t that compatible, but this concept sheds new light on unimagined possibilities. Click on the link below and watch a video about the what, how and why of urban guerrilla gardening. Not as incendiary as you [...]
A Local Meal: Chicken Salad and Sunshine
Chicken salad, a summer classic, is a good choice for a local meal to celebrate the summer solstice. This time of year I like to fix meals that take very little preparation and can be easily moved outdoors if the sun decides to break through the clouds and give us a few extra hours of [...]
Rhubarb Jam & Java, Good Mornin’
Rhubarb jam on a piece of toast with a cup of java on the side, the way to begin a day.
Rhubarb is still in season so there’s definitely time to indulge in a few more pies and crisps, sauce, and this jam. Spread it on a piece of toast, a pancake, a waffle, a muffin, [...]
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