Cooking Up a Story: Stories Tons of tomatoes, and over 70 different varieties are represented at this tomato fest. These farm fresh tomatoes have character, beauty, and yes, even charm. It was back in May. Or maybe it was June. I passed by a group of folks selling plants for a community fundraiser. It was [...]
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Paul Hawken: The High Cost of Cheap Food (video)
CUpS Talks Excerpted from the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s, Cooking For Solutions 2010 media conference, Paul Hawken eloquently explains how the price of food is divorced from its true costs, and what this really means for society, at large. This is a central theme that runs through much of the sustainable food movement’s core beliefs, and [...]
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Planting Seed Trays for Your Winter Garden (video)
You may be sitting in a heat wave right now, but it’s time to start planning your winter garden! Master Gardener Jen Aron gets a head start by planting some lettuce seeds in a seed tray. In this demonstration she uses a 72-cell tray, but any size will do. Other possible crops you might want [...]
Posted in ☕growing fresh food Tagged beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, kale, lettuce, master gardener, osu, planting seeds, vegetable garden 1 Comment
Tomato Pie (video)
Tomatoes are beginning to show up at local Farmers Markets and, depending upon which part of the country you live, this may be growing season in your backyard garden. I thought this would be a good time to share Tricia Butler’s award-winning Tomato Pie recipe in this video. Although this is a Southern recipe tradition, [...]
Posted in ☕Cooking Fresh Tagged award-winning recipe, pastries, pie off, pies, tomato, tomato pie, tomato pie recipe 10 Comments