Flatlander Food Foundry

02/15/2012

What are your thoughts about this news? http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/02/15/146893021/coming-soon-to-your-grocery-aisle-organic-food-from-europe

The U.S. and the European Union are announcing that they will soon treat each other's organic standards as equivalent. In other words, if it's organic here, it's also organic in Europe, and vice versa.

02/13/2012

What cooking and eating adventures did you have over the weekend?

02/07/2012

Interesting article!
http://www.good.is/post/rebranding-the-food-movement-to-broaden-its-appeal/

A health food corner store in Atlanta eschews the local food movement's idealization of agricultural labor, opting for a vintage-train vibe.

02/06/2012

Happy Monday, all! What were your greatest food triumphs this past weekend? We want to eat vicariously!

02/01/2012

A philosophical dilemma for fish-loving foodies:
http://ideas.time.com/2012/02/01/eat-fish-or-cut-bait/?xid=gonewsedit

Is eating sustainable, non-farmed seafood enough? A philosophical foodie dilemma

01/31/2012

Shameem's recipe for the amazing dahl we ate at Saturday's DIMBY dinner (plus other recipes we used for the menu): http://homemadefoodwithlove.blogspot.com/2012/01/dahl-makhani-rich-delicious-lentil-dish.html

01/30/2012

Love this idea (& it would look all fresh & springy on your kitchen windowsill, too)! http://lifehacker.com/5880293/regrow-scallions-in-a-cup-of-water

If you like to cook with scallions (aka green onions or green shallots) did you know you can keep the white root ends from purchased scallions in a glass of water and they will regrow almost indefinitely?

01/30/2012

An Indian feast

01/27/2012

Learning more about Indian cooking in preparation for Saturday's dinner.

01/26/2012

So apparently some people are still anti-kale? Here are 10 ways to prepare it (& if all else fails, just add bacon!).
http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/top-10-ways-to-prepare-kale.html

Kale is considered to be one of the Super Foods for those concerned with eating healthy, local grown diets. According to Wikipedia,

01/25/2012

Good news! http://www.good.is/post/farmers-are-working-toward-a-brighter-future-for-organic-vegetables/

Many organic farmers don't have the option of using exclusively organic seed. Organic Seed Growers Conference attendees want to fix that.

01/24/2012

There's still time to grab the last couple of seats at this Saturday's DIMBY Indian feast! The meal will be made using many local ingredients—Triple S chickens, Blue Moon kale, lassi made from yogurt made from local milk, etc. Email [email protected] for details. (Suggested donation: $35)