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Shrimp Stuffed Cod

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I finished getting the pork ready for Monday - Pulled Pork, Roasted Corn, Baked Beans and Potato Salad. Maybe one of MJ's cakes (Hope so!) So now it's dinnertime! Watching how the weather blew in from the west and kept Earl out to sea. That was[...]

Boise Saturday Market

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The Idaho Refugees - Community Supported Gardens has a booth at the Market. We have our subscription, do you have yours? An excellent Win-Win situation: We get fresh produce each week throughout the summer and the refugees get an income.[...]

Haystack Mountain Goat Cheese

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I've been featuring " buy local " this week. So far, I've focused on several of my favorite local products, including yesterday's two : Boulder Ice Cream and Justin's Nut Butter , both of which were recipients of[...]

Garlic and Basil Pizza Recipe

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I finally had a few small bits of produce from my garden!  Today I used some fresh garlic and basil from my garden to make a very simple garlic and basil pizza.  Actually, it's so simple that it doesn't even deserve to be called a[...]

Farm to Table: Processing Ducks

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*DISCLAIMER*DISCLAIMER*DISCLAIMER* The following post contains images of ducks being humanely butchered. If you are sensitive to the killing of animals or have children around whom you don't want seeing images of dead animals - please do not read[...]

First Annaul Harvest Under The Stars

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It is just great when a community comes together to support a local, but far reaching, organization. A New Beginning Adoption Agency in Boise is one such organization. On October 23, Boise came together, under the direction of Wes Malvini,to[...]

Market Re-Opening *New Location *New Time

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I hope to see my local followers at the new location of  The Austin Urban Farmers Market this Saturday 11-3* Tell your friends if you can't make it, or bring them along if you can. I'll have plenty of bars of soap, including[...]

Smoked Mozzarella Artisan Cheese from Emerald Valley Farm

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There's a new vendor at the Whitehall Farmer's Market and they are selling one of our favorite things ... cheese!  The Emerald Valley Farm makes artisan "old world style" aged cheeses.  Their cheeses don't have any added hormones,[...]

Armello's Pizza Crust and Fontana's Pizza Sauce - Vandergrift, PA

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We went to the Whitehall Farmers Market on Monday and stopped by the Callifonte Foods booth to buy a jar of Fontana's Pizza Sauce and a package of two Armello's Italian Bakery pizza crusts.  (I also bought cookies from Happy Jack[...]

Buy Local Segment on Iowa's local News Channel 13

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I wanted to share a news segment I was highlighted on for my local News Channel 13 station.  I'm excited as they mentioned my blog and my involvement in Iowa's local food movement.  I'm so proud to be a part of this growing movement and to support[...]