Conscientious Seafood Buyers May be Greatest Hope to Reverse Widespread Destruction of Fisheries
Brian Halweil, a senior researcher for World Watch and also the editor of Edible East End, has just published a new World Watch paper: Catch of the Day: Choosing Seafood for Healthier Oceans. Here’s a blurb: “The world’s beleaguered fish populations have found an unlikely ally: seafood eaters, according to a new Worldwatch study by [...]
Finding Local fruit
It occurred to me this morning after receiving an email regarding where to find quince that I should share with you a great resource that we have available to us should you be having one of those “where in the heck can I find that ingredient moment”. PlacerGROWN is a nonprofit, membership organization formed to [...]
Pear-Cardamom Pie
From Susan Purdy’s cookbook As Easy As Pie. I add a little lemon juice to the crust with the ice water to ensure flakiness. Also make sure the fat you use for the crust is very cold. Makes one 9-inch double-crust pie Crust: 2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled [...]
Sac-Area Food Bloggers Unite
And what do food people do when they meet? They eat lots of yummy food and drink some delcious wines! Garrett of Vanilla Garlic brilliantly hosted a potluck for the area food bloggers this past Saturday so that we could meet. Many of us email each other and fanatically read each other’s posts, but haven’t [...]
Don’t Forget the Farmer’s Markets!
An article in today’s SacBee announced the reopening of the Florin Ceritified Farmer’s Market on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to noon. It reminded me to add a link to Sacatomato on where and when to find our regional farmer’s markets (under Farmer’s Markets in the right column). We’re lucky that our relatively mild weather allows [...]
