From the category archives:
For all you CSA-subscribing, farmer’s market-loving, seasonally-dedicated foodies out there, can I get a little “hallelujah” now that Spring is finally upon us?? After months of sauteing kale, chard, and cabbage; roasting sweet potatoes and butternut squash; and surviving on citrus and pears for my fruit intake, I was elated to get my box last [...]
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In January, I posted about ForageSF’s first Underground Farmer’s Market, which was held in a private home in the Mission, generated lines out the door, and drew a wave of media attention. Since then, ForageSF has held several other markets, growing the vendor list, visitors and venue size considerably.
I checked out their latest market on Friday at [...]
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If you have a sweet tooth, a family recipe that is dying to be shared, or just want to support a good cause, this event is for you! This Saturday kicks off the first annual National Food Bloggers Bake Sale in support of Share our Strength, a national organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger. There [...]
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When I went online the other day to request a copy of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse for the next installment of our Food for Thought book club, I discovered that the public library has a whole slew of food-focused events happening in the next month. As part of their Green Stacks program, which they [...]
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Is it still Winter or is it finally Spring? The schizophrenic San Francisco weather isn’t much of an indicator, and apparently neither is the farmer’s market. When I went last Sunday, I saw telltale signs of a new season (yay asparagus and spring greens!), but also all of the familiar faces of winter (boo butternut [...]
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Twenty-eight days ago, I consciously stopped eating refined sugar. No, I’m not totally crazy, I’m Catholic. And February 17, 2010 marked the beginning of Lent, which means 40 days of giving up something you love. And in my case, that’s sugar.
First I had to set the boundaries of what defines “refined sugar” so I knew [...]
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Last week, Christina and I headed to the Tenderloin district in San Francisco for a Slow Food panel discussion, “How do we close the food gap?”. If you aren’t familiar with the Tenderloin, it’s kind of a sketchy area notorious for its congregation of homeless people and druggies. It’s not the kind of neighborhood you’d [...]
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On Tuesday night, Jillian and I headed down to the Ferry Building for a panel discussion on local food distribution, put on by Kitchen Table Talks and (CUESA) aka the Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture. There is no question that the current food distribution model is broken, as there are food surpluses throughout [...]
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Three years ago, if you asked me to spend an afternoon hiking through a public park scavenging around for wild vegetables and herbs, I probably would have stared at you stupidly in disbelief or laughed in your face. But, my friends, that is exactly what I did last weekend…
I joined 20 other hikers (i.e. Haight-Ashbury dwelling [...]
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Work brought me to snowy Chicago last week and with the trip came a fabulous dinner at a new restaurant in the “up-and-coming” Pilsen neighborhood. Nightwood features a daily-changing menu of seasonal food from nearby farms so I was excited to see what the Midwest had to offer in the middle of winter. Turns out, [...]
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