Deeply passionate about local foods and sustainable agriculture, my husband and I put real blood, real sweat and real tears into our farmers market: waking up at the crack of dawn, putting in 14-hour days, conducting food preservation demonstrations, driving across Colorado to connect with small-time, sustainable growers and working tirelessly with local and state [...]
Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Harvest Supper & Benefit
March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In the heart of ski country, spring replaces late winter slowly–so slowly that when most gardeners around the country are celebrating the season with the first shoots of asparagus or tender salad turnips or sweet peas, we’re still struggling under several feet of hard-pack, glacial mounds of snow. It is a barren and desolate [...]
One Local Summer: The Lazy Man's Way
June 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I missed last week’s reporting because we were out of town, though we did enjoy a spectacular local meal of roast chicken, potatoes au gratin, sauteed greens, carrots with peas and simple salad. This week, though, has been crazy. We’ve been nursing our two-year old through a vicious dog bite. I’ve been working a lot [...]
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Moroccan Preserved Lemons
campfire roast chicken with flowering onion and dill
Our Daily Bread: No-knead Sourdough
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A Recipe for Beet Kvass: A Deeply Cleansing Tonic
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