Posts Tagged ‘stories’

Dutch Oven Gathering: Dog Gone Good! (video)

Dutch Oven Gathering: Dog Gone Good! (video)

These dutch oven enthusiasts gather year-round to cook, bake, exchange recipes and share good food & good times!

Memories of a Lebanese Garden (video)

Memories of a Lebanese Garden (video)

Stories behind the illustrations Linda Sawaya did for a magazine that involved her own family stories, her gardens, food, and love.

Commercial Composting: Why One Restaurant Recycles (video)

Commercial Composting: Why One Restaurant Recycles (video)

One restaurant chooses to participate in a city-wide recycling program, turning food waste into reusable garden compost.

Sheep Cheese: Ancient Heritage Dairy (video)

Sheep Cheese: Ancient Heritage Dairy (video)

It has a distinctive taste, very different from cow or goat cheese as you will learn in this story.

The Long Awaited Pig Roast

The Long Awaited Pig Roast

TwoJunes Go Whole Hog The TwoJunes belong to a supper club with 3 other women here in Portland—we’ve been meeting once a month for dinner for the past 3 years, rain or shine, without fail. Usually, the menu is appetizer, cocktail, main dish, side dish and dessert—one dish per member with the main dish falling [...]

Green Green Beans (video)

Green Green Beans (video)

We travel from the field to the factory, to see how the freshest green beans are picked, processed, and canned at a “Food Alliance” certified plant.

Working with Nature, and Against It

Working with Nature, and Against It

Sustainable, yes, natural, no. Home ownership is the great American Dream.  To own the land (and the structures on the land) is pretty much the pinnacle of capitalist endeavor.  For TwoJunes, our house is our savings, our retirement, a hobby, a joy, and occasionally, sheer terror. Admittedly, it is enormously gratifying to have control over [...]

Cooking With Love: Alice’s Kitchen (video)

Cooking With Love: Alice’s Kitchen (video)

A cookbook author, gardener, and artist? I liked the idea of doing a story on someone with such a rich family history in which food played such a major role.