Low Mileage Food

Like a lot of folks the previous, we never quite got around to planning a meal that was completely local this past week. Jeff’s mom was in town, and I was starting school (I’m in the second year of my master’s degree). However, we ended up having a couple of meals that ended [...]

The Non-Electric Life

I couldn’t figure out what to make this past week, and didn’t want to repeat the all-tacos-all-the-time show (taco count last week: two nights.) I went rummaging in the freezer and came up with a forgotten package of stew beef. With temperatures pushing 100… I ended up making beef pie, of all [...]

Distributed Proofreaders

over easy egg tacos, corn
Around here in the kitchen, we get into… let’s not call them ruts, let’s call them patterns instead, shall we?1 Which is why this week’s OLS meal also involves stuff on tortillas and corn, just like last week. Also, we’ve been eating [...]

The farmer’s market has moods, just like any other living thing. Some weeks, everyone’s harried and busy and can’t chat and doesn’t really want to chat and they count the pennies and we’re in and out. Some weeks, everyone’s in a good mood and they want to chat and visit, and they round [...]

What’s your real age?

Grow a Tea Garden

enchiladas, corn
This week brought us enchiladas and more corn (I feel a categorical imperative to eat as much corn as possible while it is in season.) The enchiladas featured locally milled flour, our local-enough cheese, and local ground beef. The sauce was constructed with tomatoes and [...]