6 Shares Drink & Democracy: A Stroll Down Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail TableTours is offering a three-day local eating and drinking tour of Kentucky’s Bourbon country October 2 – 4. The price of the tour is $350 per person and includes diverse Bourbon tastings, customized breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus from some of Kentucky’s most celebrated chefs, distillery and museum visits, and lectures on Bourbon and Kentucky […] More
4 Shares Oat Groats: Cheap, Tasty, Healthy Breakfast I’m eating a lot of oat groats these days. I found a source for locally-grown oat groats, but the minimum order was 25 pounds. Oat groats are the least processed of all edible forms of oats, so they store a very long time (some sources are giving them 30 years under the right conditions.) So […] More
6 Shares Traveling Locavore: Tin Angel Cafe, Salt Lake City Our family traveled through Salt Lake City, UT, during our National Parks Extravaganza this summer on our way between Grand Teton National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. As always when we travel, we try to find local independent restaurants that source locally. Generally this is easy to do by looking for foodie blogs in […] More
5 Shares The Locaquaffer: Fresh Peach Wine Spritzer Recipe It’s peach season! Fresh peaches are abundant in many farmers’ markets right now, and they are delicious this year. Take advantage of a fresh, local, seasonal ingredient for your evenings on the deck with this summer-in-a-glass recipe for peach wine spritzers. Fresh Peach Spritzers 6 fresh peaches, quartered (I leave the peels on, but peel […] More
4 Shares Raw-Milk Cheeses Now Legal in Quebec The Quebecois, always more French in their approach to food than the rest of Canada, have decided raw milk cheeses are worth taking a risk on after all. Quebec, like the rest of Canada and the U.S., has long required raw-milk cheeses to be aged 60 days before sale to ensure against the possibility of […] More
14 Shares Raw Milk: How To Set Up a Herdshare, and How To Evaluate a Dairy Farmer’s Herdshare Program One of the more delicious ways to eat locally is to drink local milk. For most of us, this means raw (unpasteurized) milk. Unfortunately, raw milk is illegal to buy or sell in many U.S. states. But often there’s a way around it: A herdshare program. Drinking raw milk from a cow you own is […] More
9 Shares Killer Canning, or How to Choose Safe Canning Recipes and Avoid Poisoning Anyone How can you tell if that canning recipe you found is safe? Here are some tips and tricks to help you choose safe canning recipes for you and your family to enjoy. More
8 Shares Traveling Locavore: Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel Dining Room, Yellowstone National Park When my family was planning this summer’s National Parks Extravaganza, I did a little research on local eating in the cities through which we were traveling as we moved from park to park – Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Seattle. As expected, I was able to find multiple restaurants and often a farmers’ […] More
