I was skeptical, too. That’s why I did a little bit of research before writing this week’s A la Carte story on tempeh. I knew it was a soy food. I knew that it underwent some sort of fermentation process. But the idea that I should eat tempeh instead of tofu never occurred to me. [...]
While Eat Local Challenge “purist” Sooney Viani was celebrating victory this weekend, I was feeling much less enthusiastic about my efforts, as previous posts have indicated. Part of that disappointment comes from realizing that despite all my planning for delicious, wholesome, totally local meals, I still ate nonlocal foods without even realizing it. I’ve written [...]
Anyone who’s tried to make a major change in his or her diet knows that food can be an addiction. You have to redraw your map around the supermarket, avoiding the snack-food aisles. You rarely eat out for fear that your favorite, fatty dishes will be irresistible. You may even give friends the cold shoulder [...]
Previous attempts at the Eat Local Challenge have proven that convenient carbs in myriad forms can be the undoing of certain susceptible participants. Two days ago it was naan bread, the year before that, another brand of flatbread and the year before that, Pepperidge Farms Goldfish crackers. Hmmmm. I think I’m seeing a pattern here. [...]
After a stressful day that ended with forgetting to grab my pasta from the newspaper’s lunch room refrigerator, I fell off the Eat Local Challenge wagon. Maybe fellow challengers will have sympathy for my urge to use garden-fresh veggies in a slightly different way than I had all week. One of my favorite preparations is [...]
The fifth day of the Eat Local Challenge found me back at the Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Market, along with a lot of other participants, I warrant. Pasta was my main pursuit after Wolf Creek Pasta Co.’s unexpected hiatus from Thursday’s market left my Eat Local plans in the lurch. I explained in the [...]
Even if I can’t follow the Eat Local Challenge to the letter, I can count the week a success for nothing other than trying some new dishes and employing some new kitchen skills. My garden vegetables are in full swing right now, so once I had a few local pears from the supermarket, I was [...]
Today’s the official start of the Eat Local Challenge, and already I’m finding myself, er, challenged. Breakfast was easy: Global Pantry granola, Nancy’s yogurt and fresh huckleberries that I picked a couple weeks ago. Easy, that is, until I got to the coffee, the downfall of so many would-be locavores. Let’s face it folks, if [...]
This week’s A Fresh Approach column with recipes for albacore tuna couldn’t have come at a better time. I’d just been on a visit to Coos Bay and returned with — among other seasonal treats — a fresh tuna loin. Tuna remains one of those reliable Oregon fisheries, with a late-summer and early-fall supply almost [...]
We’re still looking for readers willing to share their experiences for this year’s Eat Local Challenge. It’s only three days away, so let us know immediately if you’re game for blogging on our social networking site Rogue Current. Don’t leave me eating local all by myself. Actually, eating as many local foods as possible would [...]
