Wow, time has a way of just running off on me. If we do this again next year, I’m going to need a co-blogger for sure.
Okay, so it’s been a few (coughfourcough) weeks, what’s everyone been up to? Delicious, mouth-watering stuff, that’s what! Read on:
In week five, Pat at Cooking from the Market gave us [...]
Archive for the ‘Challenge’ Category
30 Jul
Challenge updates… we have challenge updates…
1 Jul
Week 4 Roundup: June 15-21
Hi all — sorry for the delay in the roundup and the weekly recipe. Life… busy… well, I’m sure you know how it is.
Both will be up before the end of the night! I may check out all the blogs and post the week 5 (June 22-28 ) roundup too, maybe tomorrow, if most everyone has [...]
23 Jun
Week 3 Roundup: June 8-14
Our recipe from last week, for old-fashioned strawberry preserves, has been a popular post… did anyone try it? We’d welcome comments on how it turned out.
On to the roundup!
Pat at Cooking from the Market was out of town at the beginning of week three and missed the farmers’ market, so she turned to her pantry [...]
14 Jun
Week 2 Roundup: June 1-7
What lovely things did the first week of June bring us?
Eugenia at Culinaria Eugenius started to see some signs of life in her garden, despite the slow start to warm weather we’ve had here. She also had a bbq in week two that was quite rich in local products. (And congratulations, Eugenia, on graduating from [...]
4 Jun
Week 1 Roundup!
It is finally time to have our first roundup. Okay, here’s how this is going to work! Each week, I will gather up posts and e-mails about what our participants have done the prior week, from Sunday to Saturday. Week 1 is therefore May 25 through May 31. If you’re signed up but didn’t make [...]
29 May
Slow Food in Corvallis proving popular
Well! Congratulations to the organizers of Slow Food Corvallis — their first event this Sunday, June 1, is sold out!
… However, we have experienced such heavy demand for participation in our kickoff event June 1 that, in order to ensure a good experience for all, and avoid overburdening our generous chefs and producers, we’ve had [...]
5 May
Checking in with the early birds…
Whoops… please excuse my little unscheduled absence. Caught a killer cold! Did anyone go to the Corvallis Buy Local First Breakfast? I skipped out so as not to spread my germs too far and wide.
A few of our challenge participants have enthusiastically started sharing their finds from the markets and their recipes using local ingredients. [...]
25 Apr
Prizes for our challenge and another market to mention
Good news! I received confirmation that the Corvallis-Albany Farmers’ Markets will give us prizes to use in our challenge! So…
Everyone who participates in the MWV Challenge from Memorial Day to Labor Day will be entered into a drawing to win one of two $15-value tokens to the Corvallis-Albany Farmers’ Markets. Since the markets run until [...]
20 Apr
Starting simple
While our challenge doesn’t officially start until Memorial Day weekend, some folks may choose to get a jump start. Pat Kight at Cooking from the Market is one such person… she got over to the Albany market yesterday, even with the funky weather, and picked up some eggs, salad greens and some garlic. And then [...]
14 Apr
Just got linked on ORBlogs
Welcome new visitors! We just got linked on OR Blogs last night (thanks PB!), which is a really great source of blog traffic.
If you’re wondering what this is all about, please see the first post here: The Challenge. In the next couple of weeks, I’ll outline a few more details and give more ideas about [...]
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