Monday, June 9th, 2008
Unfortunately over the weekend Julia Usher did not win the Food-Related Columns James Beard Award she was nominated for--meaning St. Louis will have to once again live vicariously through a Danny Meyer win. We can, however, rest a little easier with the knowledge that some of our own, in ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
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Wednesday
This week at Maplewood Farmers' Market I made it in time to be one of those people that swept the Our Garden strawberries out from everyone. As I approached the booth there were ten pints and by the time I left the booth there was one. ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
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As expected the Farmers' Markets last week were meat and plant heavy and vegetable light.
At the Maplewood Farmers' Market (thankfully under the patio tent because of the rain) it was the relatively slim pickings you would expect on opening day. The Root Cellar from Columbia had the ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
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I've mentioned this farm before, but I thawed out a sirloin tip roast I've had in my freezer over the past couple days, and I just wanted to comment about them again because the meat is a bit cheaper than many of the other spots people are buying "happy meat" ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Did you know St. Louis food bloggers have love for you. Well we do, and today we're all posting our lists of 10 local food gifts.
Here you can find the other participants lists. There's sure to be some overlap, and it will be fun to see where it ...
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
Sorry for the delay...
When I went to Borders to meet Michael Ruhlman a couple weeks ago I was incredibly early. But as a book fan I love Borders, and so with time to kill I began looking around. At one point, out of the corner of my eye, ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Over the weekend at the Slow Food Kitchen Clutter Pot-Luck in Kirkwood Park I had the pleasure to unexpectedly meet Alanna. It was only two weeks prior that we had introduced ourselves online having exchanged a couple emails regarding her trip to the Niman pig farm in ...
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
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My friends fiancé puts meat into two categories. One is "happy meat", and the other is simply meat she won't eat. It struck me as funny the first time she said it to me, but really, is there a better description to give you a quick indication ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Over the last year I've read a lot about sustainable agriculture . While I'm not completely sold on the locavore/localvore movements in their entirety (which I'll touch on another day), I do like the idea of supporting my regional farmers, and I especially like it in a ...
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