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10 Ways Local Food Has Changed My Life

Posted in News & Views on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 4:54am by lee -

It was just over 6 weeks ago when I joined my first CSA, bought Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and started hunting down restaurants serving local, sustainable foods.

Michael Pollan "In Defense of Food" Interview (2008)

Posted in Books & Media on Sun, 04/19/2009 - 5:49am by lee -

This is part one of a terrific 4-part series of talks with Michael Pollan, conducted by Cooking Up a Story about a year ago. In the short (10 minute) clip, Pollan speaks compellingly (and with humor) about local, sustainable foods, distinguishing them from "edible food-like substances" such as margarine, no-fat (no cream) sour cream, and imitation pasta.

Hey New York Foodies! Brooklyn Restaurant Week is Extended!

Posted in Out & About on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 4:04am by Kristen Meinzer -

While we all love our local and sustainable upscale dining establishments in New York City, it's sometimes hard to afford eating at them as often as we'd like.

Local and Organic Beer: the Time Has Come

Posted in Out & About on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 4:15am by lee -

Local beer is easy to find these days, especially if you have a tendency to drink microbrews, as I do, and live in a decent sized city (like Minneapolis or St. Paul, as the case may be).

San Francisco's Bi-Rite Market

Posted in Out & About on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 8:03am by lee -

My friend Jen turned me on to San Francisco's Bi-Rite Market, the kind of mom and pop supermarket our moms and pops never had (or even imagined). The home page of the Bi-Rite Market website proudly proclaims the store as:

a destination for restaurant quality prepared foods and catering, organic produce, sustainably raised meats, poultry, and seafood, as well as fine wines and everyday groceries.

Earth Day Meal at The Birchwood

Posted in Out & About on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 5:15am by lee -

Minneapolis' Birchwood Cafe, one of the Twin Cities' community supporting, local, sustainable food treasures (whose praises I've sung in the past), is hosting what is sure to be a fantastic Earth Day Beer Dinner. The 7-course meal includes pairings with Minnesota's finest artisanal microbrews, and will be accompanied by live jazz music. Here are the details:

Awesome Local Dinner at the Craftsman

Posted in Out & About on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 6:09am by lee -

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." -Unknown, possibly Frank Zappa or Elvis Costello

I'm at a loss for words when it comes to describing last night. Suffice to say that there was no place I'd have rather been than at The Craftsman. If you're a foodie who was anyplace near Minneapolis (we hosted guests from as far away as Des Moines, IA and Sunnyvale, CA), you were either there - or you should have been. We were thrilled to see The Birchwood Cafe well represented!

More on the Merits of Local, Grass Fed Meat

Posted in News & Views on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 10:24am by lee -

Just read an excellent post by someone in Minneapolis called Reetsyburger on her cleverly named blog You Are Where You Eat. The post includes all sorts of great information on grass fed, local, sustainable meat and why it totally rocks. Here's an excerpt (which quotes University of Wisconsin Extension):