Posts Tagged ‘eat local’

Local Organic Restaurant Celebrates 7th Anniversary

FireWorks Restaurant & Bar in Corvallis is celebrating 7 years of organic and sustainable cuisine with an anniversary party on Saturday, April 18th. They will have food and drink specials throughout the day, along with entertainment. Check out their website for all the details!
FireWorks Restaurant is committed to promoting a sustainable food economy, supporting over [...]

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New local mustard company – tasting on Friday!

Mmmmmmm. Mustard! This is the truth: the “bio” line on my Twitter account used to say “I like mustard.” Come to think of it, I don’t really know why I removed that…
Mustard! Not just mustard. LOCAL mustard, made with local ingredients like beer from Oregon Trail Brewery, local brown mustard seeds from Wild Garden Seed, [...]

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Bread & Bakeries page added

I’ve added some new information to the Resources page under the Bread & Bakeries category.
I’ll have a few more updates later — many thanks to Nate Rafin of Living Culture for the e-mail alerting me to some great spots local to Salem.

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NRDC: Eat Local

The National Resources Defense Council has an Eat Local section on their site with a search function that lets you see, generally, what’s in season in your state. They also show produce that may be available from neighboring states.

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Ask yourself why you do this

In early February there was a blurb in the Seattle Times about a Salem man who called off his attempt to eat only local foods for a year because he realized he was causing more damage to the atmosphere by driving “around the state” to shop.
Well… okay. Driving around the state for your food does [...]

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Recipe of the Week updated

Sorry for the lack of updates lately!
I found a great site for Jalapeño recipes and the recipe of the week page is now updated. Spicy!

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Winter gardening? It’s not too late.

According to the winter chart over at Territorial Seed Company (located in Cottage Grove, OR!), there’s still time to get several things into the ground in order to enjoy a winter harvest!
What are some things you can plant?
• Sow seeds for endive, kohlrabi and spinach now, the cutoff time is mid-August.
• By the end of [...]

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Recipe of the Week: Sophie’s Zucchini Bread

The Recipe of the Week page is now updated with a delicious zucchini bread recipe!

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Challenge updates… we have challenge updates…

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 [...]

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Recipe of the Week: Zucchini Cakes

The Recipe of the Week page is updated with a recipe for zucchini cakes.

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