Book review: Root Cellaring

Root Cellaring
The Simple No-Processing Way to Store Fruits and Vegetables
By Mike & Nancy Bubel
Note: the subtitle of the newer editions is Natural Cold Storage of Fruits and Vegetables.  I got the 1971 hardcover edition from the library, so my version had some awesome 70s lettering on the front.  (Same art, though.)
I was on the library [...]

CSA Week 18

It’s here, boo-hoo. Our final week of CSA for 2009:

1 bunch kale
2 stalks of brussels sprouts
2 heads broccoli
1 bag saute mix
1 large butternut squash
2 bunches radishes
2 bags of herbs for transplanting or using fresh
4 onions
4-5 apples
1 pie pumpkin
4 truffles (a thank-you gift for last csa week)
I’m really sad to see our CSA come to [...]

CSA Week 17

1 head romaine lettuce
1 pie pumpkin
5 apples
1 “sugar baby” watermelon
2 tomatoes
3 heads broccoli
2 squash – “heart of gold”
A nice handful of parsnips
3 onions
4 really cute little gold turnips
2 kohlrabis (one purple, one green)
Well, this is almost it.  The second-to-the-last week of CSA.  I absolutely loved getting a box of fresh produce every week for the [...]

Movie review: The future of food

I knew I was going to be angry when I watched this movie.  The Future Of Food was made in 2004, so it is a bit of a pre-cursor to movies like Food, Inc and Fresh.
The main focus of this movie is genetically modified foods, and there is more than enough bad news here to [...]

CSA Week 16

Today’s full-share CSA box included:
2 heads green leaf lettuce
1 bag saute mix (mixed greens)
6 apples
1 watermelon
5 tomatoes
2 eggplant
3 beets
1 bag grapes
2 leeks
3 turnips
Mixed peppers (some bell, some hot)
1 squash
Standard CSA info:
What is a CSA?
Where do we get our CSA from? Food 4 Thought.
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CSA Week 15

Seriously, how can there only be 3 weeks left of CSA?

Today’s CSA box, before we split it with our neighbors, contained:
1 head green leaf lettuce
1 napa cabbage (seriously, the biggest one I’ve ever seen.  Freakin’ huge)
5 apples
1 super cute Yellow Doll watermelon
9 beautiful tomatoes, various kinds
2 eggplants
1 head “cheddar” cauliflower
3 kohlrabis
1 little box of raspberries
2 [...]

CSA Week 14

Today’s full-share CSA box included:
1 head Romanesco broccoli (they look like little christmas trees!)
1 bag of salad mix
1 bag of grapes
7 or 8 parsnips
3 gorgeous heirloom tomatoes of unknown variety
5 heirloom roma tomatoes
2 bell peppers
Sweet corn (enough for two meals)
2 heads kohlrabi
1 bunch French breakfast radishes
4 zucchinis
I couldn’t care less about the zucchinis, but everything [...]

CSA Week 13

Today’s full-share CSA, before splitting it with our neighbors:
1 head of “Romanesco” broccoli
1 celeriac (giant celery root, I guess you use it like potatoes)
1 small bag of grapes
1 bunch savoy cabbage (looks a lot like spinach)
5 roma tomatoes
1 package cherry tomatoes
Variety of other heirloom tomatoes, various sizes and colors
1 bunch red beets
3 rutabagas
6 mixed peppers [...]

Is the local food movement making a difference?

I read this story in the paper yesterday. (How quaint!)  Star Tribune had one of their “let’s print two differing opinions side-by-side” opinion features.
Local foods make a difference vs. Local foods don’t really make a difference.
Greg Breining, the “anti-local foods” guy, makes all the usual arguments, including the one about how the transport of food [...]

CSA Week 12

These boxes just keep getting better and better.  Week 12’s full-share box:
1 head cauliflower
1 bunch cilantro
6 apples
2 heads bok choi
3 heirloom tomatoes
1 cantaloupe
1 bag green beans
Mixed peppers: 2 purple, 2 green, 1 banana
4 beautiful eggplants
5 cucumbers
1 pt box of crab apples
Tomorrow night (or maybe Saturday) I am going to make apple sauce with some of [...]