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Some quick catch-up stuff about farms and gardening
There has been a ton of stuff going on this summer related to our research into farming and trying to learn new things. I'm getting behind on blogging about it, so here are a few highlights. Over Memorial Day weekend, we visited our friends James and...
Urbana farm trip - Prairie Fruits
So I've gotten really behind on my blogging, my current project schedule isn't very conducive to blogging. I often blog on my lunch break, but I've only been taking a half hour lunch lately so I can leave work early enough to beat most of the evening...
Beautiful eggs
One of my favorite cookbook authors, Suvir Saran, waxes philosophical on the wonder of home grown eggs. They have some of the South American Araucana hens, which produce eggs in wonderful shades of blue and green. The deep brown ones are quite lovely...
Thoughts on "The New Organic Grower"
Over this past winter I've been reading a lot of books related to sustainable/organic farming and animal husbandry. One recent book I can highly recommend is The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman. The book is chock full of dense, useable information...
Roadkill you want to eat
Here's what happens when crazily inventive Moto chef Homaro Cantu get "aholt of" some raccoon meat. I grew up in the country and even I've never tried raccoon, although I have had pan-fried squirrel a number of times. Hope that grosses you out.
Posted: Jan 18 2008, 04:26 PM by skills0 | with 2 comment(s)
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The Hazards of Homebrewing
I had quite the accident just before Christmas while cleaning up after bottling 10 gallons of beer. If I had been aware of what could happen, I might have been more cautious, so I wanted to post my story just in case it helps another homebrewer. We had...
Posted: Jan 09 2008, 02:22 PM by skills0 | with no comments
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Happy Holiday news for Grant Achatz
http://mmx-chicago.weblogs.vmixcore.com/vmix_hosted_apps/62/post/1434/ Good news for the Alinea chef, his cancer is now in remission. Hope it stays that way because I still want to some day be able to experience his cooking for myself.
Posted: Dec 19 2007, 11:47 AM by skills0 | with 1 comment(s)
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Of your great grandpa's turkey, New Zealand goats and miscanthus gigantus
Last year Kristin and I were having a big Thanksgiving dinner shindig at our place and wanted to do something different for the turkey. After looking at several options, we decided to purchase a heritage Bourbon Red turkey from Caveny Farms and picked...
A trip to Over Easy
Last night Kristin and I went to see DJ Tiesto live at the Congress Theater. That experience is probably better for another post, but we got in very late and didn't get up until noon today. So we decided to finally trek over to Over Easy on Damen. This...
Posted: Sep 09 2007, 07:16 PM by skills0 | with 1 comment(s)
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Trying new recipes
Like many cooks, I have a whole bookshelf full of cookbooks. Some get used a decent amount (like Indian Home Cooking : A Fresh Introduction to Indian Food) and others not so much. Lately we've been trying out some new Thai recipes from Keo's Thai Cuisine...
Posted: Aug 08 2007, 09:26 AM by skills0 | with no comments
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Thomas Merton and the mysticism of beer
Well, I'm still here, just had most of my free time and thought dedicated to wedding planning. It's less than a month now. I decided to pick up my Thomas Merton book again to read on the way to work in the morning because I felt like I needed something...
Posted: Apr 11 2007, 08:26 AM by skills0 | with no comments
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Walmart has made no changes to organic labeling issues
An update Here is some photo evidence from Cornucopia .
Posted: Jan 25 2007, 09:08 AM by skills0 | with no comments
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Devon in the UK not lovin' it
This is awesome, the single McDonald's in Devon is closing due to lack of interest. Seems people would rather eat local and/or organic. Hmmm.
Posted: Dec 12 2006, 09:13 AM by skills0 | with 3 comment(s)
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Eating sustainable fish
I just finished reading The Ethical Gourmet and found much of it very thought-provoking, but one thing that struck me is I don't think a whole lot about the fish I eat. I don't eat fish maybe as much as I should, but I do love sushi. I'm realizing I should...
Walmart giving organics a bad name
As with their tendency to screw up most everything else they touch, now Walmart is incorrectly labeling products in some of their stores as organic when they are not. I'm no fan of Walmart anyway for a number of reasons (destroying local economies, sourcing...
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