on my short list for job candidates who should be obamas white house chef kurt micheal friese. as our presidentelect takes office and struggles to wrest the farm bill from the deathgrip of one of our nations largest lobbyist groups i think chef friese would be ideal to serve up some good advice along with obamas dinner. my only worry is that the restaurant owner d......
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grow your own. obviously it starts with seeds. where do you get them one option is to get them from seed savers exchange . combine seed savers with container gardening using something like earthboxes and there is zero transportation involved from farm to table. as far as what to grow seed savers exchange has plenty to choose from herbs veg etables po tatoes gar lic flower s ....
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supersighs me a fascinating look at how our thanksgiving meal has been amped up by science in a number of ways over the centuries from tom the turkey to the sweetness of the corn. wired blog thanks naomi show it like it is blogger bunrab provides a stepbystep photo montage of what goes into processing heritage turkeys daily feed while over on chews wise gu......
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by lisa m. hamilton in celebration of thanksgiving im offering a photo essay that documents a unique raising turkey collaboration in the onetime poultry capital of california petaluma. a local slow food group whose members wanted to raise heritage breed turkeys as part of the organizations efforts to save endangered food species got together with the local 4h club which was f......
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thanksgiving is second in a slew of holidays at this time of year that have become one extended caloric nightmare.a marketers have successfully driven consumers to celebrate these holidays in an atmosphere of frenzied food consumption often from everyday prepackaged products festooned with special holiday cheer.a however you can say no to the prepackaged cheer and have a hearty sustainable ......
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sometimes you are too close to something to fully articulate your feelings. that may be the case with vertigo books. so lets jump to alex beckstead maker of paperback dreams talking with sfist . because faster and cheaper isnt always better and because diversity of thought and ownership are both critical to innovation and the vibrancy of local culture and an informed ci......
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this thanksgiving rather than serving a broad breasted white the factoryfarm breed most commonly sold in supermarkets consider ordering an heritage turkey . according to the american livestock breeds conservancy albc these vigorous longlived native american birds mate naturally not requiring assistance and their slow natural growth rate allows them to develop a strong......
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for biodiversity studies and simple facts take a look at what sustainable table has to say while we are on the topic of global food and farming issues this week. here are some organizations shared around the world to read and reach out to for your family community schools and businesses united nations environment programme world conservation monitoring centre p......
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there is more to life than increasing its speed.a mahatma gandhi this quote so closely describes the essence of a new book by chef kurt michael friese a cooks journey slow food in the heartland .a upon discovering the slow food movement in 1999 chef friese realized the importance of being able to shake the hand of the person who grew the food he would be serving in ......
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when it first came out michael pollan s omnivores dilemma a natural history of four meals was definitely on my radar but was something i chose to actively avoid. i already had a certain level of frustration and paranoia when it came to food industry especially the industrial corn engine high fructose corn syrup has been on my avoid if possible list for a w......
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daily feature from www.ozolife.com persimmon says u.s. ark of taste endangered foods list wishing they were on your kitchen chopping block and off the one shared by many businesses these days are 200 foods on slow food nations us ark of taste list. these dietary staples are literally on the verge of extinction due to industrial standardization limitations on large scaledis......
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reflections on terra madre hear firsthand insights from our areas delegates to this biennial global conference created by slow food international. delegates will share stories photos and answer questions. then well discuss the future direction of our food community and how you can get involved. locally produced refreshments will be served. this event is open to the public a......
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slow food usa social justice on the menu by tom philpott editor of the grist if you havent noticed yet slow food is about to get political announced erika lesser executive director of slow food usa . she was addressing the slow food usa chapter for one day terra madre had broken into meetings of regional and national contingents. few could have misse......
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in an interview with joe klein of time magazine today sen. barack obama acknowledged the brilliant letter to the next president by michael pollan and said that agriculture is a huge contributor to greenhouse gas emissions is a national security risk and is built on cheap oil i was just reading an article in the new york times by michael pollan about food and the fact that our ent......
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.....afoods areanot the choices on the preferred list this event benefited the prek school garden program of slow food miami. for more informationaand membership go to www.slowfo odmiami.co m or www.slowfoodusa.org . and for you wine enthusiasts slow food miami has organized some of the finest vineyards and suppliers to donate superb wines specially paired with the culinary delights and enjoyed ...
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in 20 minutes complete as many rounds as possible of 20 box jumps 21 box lunge 20 ft. 20 goblet squats dumbbell bear crawl 20 ft. ever hear of slow food or slow food usa the later group organized slow food nation this summer in california which brought in 50000 people and coverage in the ny times . i havent made my mind up about the group yet but the free videos fr......
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i planted out my vegetable patch. it is truly a patch and i am regretting not digging up more space i certainly bought more sprouted plants than i had room for. if i had my way id be covering my fathers very civilized backyard lawn with all kinds of rows of plants. but heres what i managed to get into the ground 6 celery plants 6 brussel sproutsprouts 4 broccoli sprouts ......
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september 30th 2008 i am maintaining still my effort to incorporate some of the foods from the us ark of taste more on this later into my daily or weekly diet. this weekend i went to the german coast farmers market in destrahan at the ormond plantation with half of blakes family too blake slept in haha not only did i get my first satsumas of the season but ......
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dont wait yes nows the time to order that local pastureraised heritage turkey for your thanksgiving feast. why settle for a factory farmed turkey from the supermarket when you have the option of treating yourself and your guests to a much more flavorful bird that was raised in a humane manner. since labels are one of the most confusing aspects of making our food choices h......
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food is expensive. that is nothing new or novel. its easy to buy sodiumplumped preservati vefilled chemicalladen packages of foodstuffs. what about people in our midst who just want to give sustainable food to those less fortunate many times slow food enthusiasts are called to action to rile up citizens about trying buying producing and selling clean fresh fair local food. no m......
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southern kitchens are known for their love of processed foods. in an essay called eat here mississippiborn author julia reed praises the south as the only place in the country that provides the opportunity to consume an entirely gelatinbased menu. a series of cookbooks by chef robert st. john pokes fun at the souths affinity for all things canned boxed and p......
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i already had a soft spot for tom stearns president of high mowing seeds a participant in the renewing americas food traditions project he has infectious energy and great ideas for revitalizing local agriculture. and sometimes petes greens show up in a market here in bostongrower pete johnsons seasonextending skills mean we can have vermont greens in bos......
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in the coffee is 3. the good is free i told you about the good sheet a weekly graphical exploration of some of the major issues facing us in this election season and beyond being distributed at all starbucks nationally. what i didnt share was their groundbreaking subscription model you pay whatever you want and 100 of the subscription money goes to charity. here82......
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bel frites in a recent blog i recapped my adventurous trip to slow food nation where guests of san francisco spent 3 days celebrating just and sustainable foods. after my guilty consumption of fast food en route to the event i redeemed myself with a delectable slow food potato treat. do you know the difference between a good ol american french fry and a tra......
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