Category Archives: Good Food
Urban Gardening Night at Schlafly
This Saturday Schlafly is putting on what they’re calling an “Urban Gardens Fall Spectacular” at the Bottleworks. It’s a chance to learn about creating an urban garden and planning for the end of the 2011 season. It’s also a chance … Continue reading
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Friday Forks: Wood-Fired Bleu Cheese Burger with Big Muddy Monster
Italians have pasta. They can do pasta a thousand different ways: They make pasta using seasonal ingredients, using seasonal cooking techniques, making pasta out of everything under the sun. Pasta is a staple of the Italian diet. Americans have burgers. … Continue reading
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Co-Op Beer Making Challenge
As some of you know, a year and a half (or so) ago Philosopher #2 and I made a commitment to changing our diets to mostly local, mostly organic foods. (You can read about why we made this decision here.) … Continue reading
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Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook
As you know, I was recently published in Foodista’s Best of Food Blogs Cookbook. My recipe for the Philosopher’s Pizza (you read it here first) is now alive and well and in print. Last week, on one of our regular … Continue reading
Food and Beer Pairing Heaven at Chicago’s Publican
I’ve been traveling a lot in the last couple of weeks, up and down Illinois and the Mississippi. Two weeks ago I found myself in Memphis, searching for the perfect place for beer and BBQ. Last weekend I was in … Continue reading
FoodBuzz 24, 24, 24: 3-Course Beer-Paired Winter Meal, 100% Local, Sustainable and Grass-Fed
As part of their monthly 24, 24, 24 series, FoodBuzz took me up on my challenge to create a 3-course beer-paired meal entirely composed of ingredients from the state of Illinois or within 180 miles of Carbondale. This last week … Continue reading
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Neighborhood Co-Op: Comprehensive Local and Natural Foods for Carbondale
The first place I went after I resolved to know where all of my food came from–especially my meats–was the Neighborhood Co-Op. In the winter when the farmer’s markets are closed in southern Illinois, the Co-Op is the most comprehensive … Continue reading
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This is where my milk and eggs are from
Family Friendly Farm, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Maybe because, as my aunt likes to say, “I come from a long line of Norwegian homesteading stock.” Maybe because our family farm is still operational, even if only at a fraction of what … Continue reading
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