Archive for the ‘Books’ Category

Getting Started

Yesterday I stopped at Noah’s for a decidedly un-local bagel and caught sight of a flier on their bulletin board for The Organic Homesteader.
The Organic Homesteader is a small local business that will come out to your home and install and maintain an organic homestead garden in your backyard.  Their services are available in Corvallis [...]

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More early bird stuff & a book recommendation

I have to do another early bird post, because my buddy VM from Harrisburg made two things that sound so wonderful that I just can’t keep them to myself.
First, goat cheese and spinach stuffed chicken breast with caramelized shallot sauce — the goat cheese and spinach were from the Corvallis market. This is going to [...]

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Book Signing at OSU

Sorry for the last minute message, but I just found out that Ivy Manning will be at the OSU Bookstore on Saturday, signing copies of her new cookbook, The Farm to Table Cookbook: The Art of Eating Locally.
Date: Saturday, May 3
Time: 11am to 2pm
Place: OSU Bookstore, 2301 SW Jefferson in the Memorial Union building
Full [...]

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Starting the “to read” pile

Simply in Season
by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert

Through stories and simple “whole foods” recipes, Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert explore how the food we put on our tables impacts our local and global neighbors. They show the importance of eating local, seasonal food—and fairly traded food—and invite readers to make choices that offer [...]

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