Tag: farm
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June 05, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Morel of the Story
There's no doubt, this was a banner year for the houby hunters around eastern Iowa. In addition to my regular crew of foragers who bring fungi into my restaurant on a regular . . .
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June 20, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
Is there anyone, save Professor Hathaway from the 80s cult film Real Genius, who doesn’t love popcorn?
Despite a quick online search turning up such non-sequiturs as Jiffy Pop being listed in . . .
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August 02, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Silence of the Bees
Loss of Honeybee Colonies Causing Alarm Worldwide
By Kurt Michael Friese
Listen closely in your garden. Have you noticed that it is just a little quieter this year? . . .
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August 19, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Here it is again, that situation we thought (back in February) would not happen again this year, but we did it again anyway, didn’t we? You and I promised ourselves that we’d be more . . .
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October 25, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
From the outset: I have no problem with vegetarians or vegans. I fully respect their opinions and their gustatory choices. I encourage everyone to eat healthily, and to do so in a manner that . . .
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September 03, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
Click here if you missed part 1
Now it’s 2 weeks on and the tomatoes still keep coming. Last time we talked about having friends over and making a party of it. Everyone brought their bounty . . .
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September 18, 2007 02:03 PM EDT --
There are certain foods that I believe are unpopular with children and other finicky eaters simply because of their names. One such is the unfortunately named squash; it seems to make people think . . .
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December 05, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
Seems as though the rules for cooking with fats and oils change every time you pick up a newspaper. One oil is bad for you, then it’s good for you, then it’s only good if it’s . . .
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December 19, 2007 11:08 AM EST --
For some folks, Christmas is about peace and good tidings. For others it is a joyous celebration of the birth of the savior. For many it is just about the presents. In my family it was, and still is, . . .
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July 13, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
Too many people in this country have been sold a bill of goods. They've been tricked, flim-flammed, conned, and hustled. They've been bamboozled into believing that food comes wrapped in plastic . . .
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July 03, 2007 01:36 PM EDT --
This week we celebrate our independence, mostly by drinking a lot of beer. There are, however, more refreshing libations to be had. They come from the world of cocktails, and they come with . . .
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March 26, 2008 01:51 PM EDT --
The March, 2008 issue of Metropolis focuses on the overarching idea of localism and its relationship to sustainability. It is, as always, a beautiful and well-written issue, but in it one particular . . .
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June 03, 2008 05:29 PM EDT --
As the date for Slow Food Nation -- the big sustainable-food conference scheduled in San Francisco this coming August -- draws near, I've been thinking about attitudes toward food in the erstwhile . . .
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October 17, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
When it comes to rich, flavorful, tender meat, it is hard to beat veal. While still enormously popular in Europe, especially in France, Italy and Germany, it is much harder to find in the US, and . . .
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November 01, 2008 10:55 AM EDT --
Recently, the American public was issued a challenge by the folks at KFC (formerly "Kentucky Fried Chicken," but "fried" just didn't sound healthy ). The fast-food joint argues . . .
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July 18, 2007 11:19 AM EDT --
Forget dog days. These are the pig days of summer – a time when your fancies turn to thoughts of thick, succulent Iowa chops sizzling and spattering over hardwood coals, surrounded by best-on-the-planet . . .
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January 21, 2008 12:28 PM EST --
You have read, in this space among many others, of the sinister nature of genetic modification and the patenting of seeds. I have ranted endlessly about the dangers of the food system being in the hands . . .
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September 24, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
September in Iowa always brings the same delicious dilemma -- what to do with all that basil.
Few herbs are as surrounded by mythology and folklore as basil. Its origins are debated, but most seem . . .
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December 14, 2008 11:21 AM EST --
This is the holiday season in just about every culture. I was born and raised a Unitarian Universalist , thus of the Judeo-Christian background, so in my house it's Christmastime. For some folks, . . .
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April 13, 2009 05:51 PM EDT --
In a recent op-ed , in The New York Times gravely informed its readers that free-range pork is deadly stuff.
Despite evidence that incidence of trichinosis is very rare in the US—about 40 cases . . .
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