Category Archives: Eating

You Take A Stick Of Bamboo

And cook it in the springtime, oh oh, oh oh, yummy! I’m lucky enough to have a source of fresh bamboo, which is so different from the canned stuff as to be unrecognizable. My friend Jim grows many varieties of … Continue reading

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Up To New York City: The 2013 Fancy Food Show, Part 2: Everything Off The Floor

Parties, panels, demos! Even before the show opened, there was entertainment at the opening reception. A medley of songs from “Les Miserables” was presented with the lyrics rewritten as a paean to Fancy Food. For the big finish, a checked … Continue reading

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Up To New York City: The 2013 Fancy Food Show, Part 1: The Show Floor

After two years in Washington DC, the show moved back to its home in the renovated Javits Convention Center. We made the pilgrimage north to attend. It was totally worth it. The floor was full of exhibitors, there were after-hours … Continue reading

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A Morel As Big As My Hand

No kidding!  And it was growing under the arbor vitae next to my porch, about three feet from my house!   I lost no time cutting it and cooking it for dinner.  Well, OK, I did make sure to check … Continue reading

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No Gazing, Plenty of Stars

The dinner billed as “Stargazing Vegetarian” turned out to be neither (but not in a bad way).   There were, however, plenty of cosmic vibes! It was a warm day in early Spring in Ashton.  Greg and Nadine Mort opened their … Continue reading

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In It For Good – The PHA Summit

What could possibly signal your intentions better than having the First Lady as your honorary Chair?  The Partnership for a Healthier America,  as earnest an organization dedicated to the public welfare as I have seen, held their Building A Healthier … Continue reading

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Librarians Have Appetites!

Why would a food writer attend a librarian’s convention?  Like everyone else, librarians appreciate cooking and eating, and they buy books on those topics for their libraries.  The exhibit hall of the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association in … Continue reading

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More Wonders of Baltimore

We drove up to Baltimore last weekend, to attend an event sponsored by the Slow Food Baltimore group, but (of course) we first swung by a farmers market.  And then we visited another market, new to us but strangely familiar. … Continue reading

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Farmers and Fellowship – Saturday at the FH-CASA Conference

Sitting in a session on local food councils on Saturday at the FH-CASA Conference, I realized that this event, and others like it, is not really about the panels, or the food, or the exhibits.  It’s about building a sense … Continue reading

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Fomenting Fermenting Farmers – Friday at FH-CASA Conference

I was able to attend both days of this year’s Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference last month, organized by Future Harvest – Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (FH-CASA).  On Friday, there was a choice of several workshops before their … Continue reading

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