It’s Saturday. I haven’t posted in a long time. I have so many photos and ideas to share, but so many other things stealing my time. In an attempt to appease you, here’s a photo of a bowl of delicious yellow cherry tomatoes from one of the new (her second week) producers at the Urbana [...]
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Creamy Chanterelles
Our local co-op, Common Ground, is in touch with the past as well as the present. In addition to being in touch with local producers and local products in a way modern grocery stores can’t (or won’t), they embrace the benefits of new technology. In this case, I’m referring to Twitter (they’re @cg_food_coop), which is [...]
Theobroma Cacao
Wikipedia tells me that Theobroma, the “food of the gods”, is a small genus of plants native to Central and South American tropical forests. The one species we all are familiar with is the cacao tree, Theobroma cacao. After growing for at least four or five years, this tree produces fruit (pods) with seeds (cocoa [...]
Quick Pic – From the Market
This was a collection of finds from the market (Urbana’s Market at the Square) a couple weeks ago. As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, our farmers’ market is wonderful. There are so many great products to be found in one place. Here’s a quick breakfast or any-time-of-day snack, with nearly no work involved: It’s the [...]
