A great way to end the summer growing season is to make salsa to last over the winter! Roasted Tomatillo Salsa uses tomatillos, serrano and jalapeno chilies all roasted for a full, robust flavor. Can be frozen! One of my personal rules when starting my locavore devotion was that I would try new things. I…
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Not Your Mama’s Canning (unless you want it to be)!
Today I was up far earlier than a civilized person should be on a Sunday morning. I was joining a group to do the Race for the Cure, needed to get up at 5:30 and in the dim of my nocturnal disorientation I misread the clock and got up at 3:30 a.m. Too awake…
How To Freeze Fresh Corn for Winter
It’s not too late to ensure a warm summer memory for winter in the form of sweet corn you freeze yourself! It’s very easy, not too time consuming and you’ll feel happy for having done it when you need a quick meal, addition to soups or just want a flavor flashback to late summer. How…
Miller Farms: Fall Harvest Festival (Platteville, CO)
To me there is nothing more fulfilling and fun than to attend the Miller Farms Fall Harvest Festival and personally harvest food for winter. I first went to Miller Farms a few years back with a school field trip. Not having heard of it nor being as into the seasonality of food as I am…
Restaurant 4580: Hip, Fabulous and Local Farm Fresh Dining!
I always jump at a chance to dine at Restaurant 4580. I was delighted to introduce my friend Cathy B. to the 4580 experience and to pour over every detail of our meal and surroundings with her. Today we enjoyed their wonderful flatbread starter (we opt’d for the gluten free variety which was crisp,…
Seasonal Schizophrenia
By this time of year in the Rockies we‘d normally be nestled in cozy sweaters predicting when our first snow will arrive (almost without fail it is on Halloween leaving us opening our doors to parka-clad Princesses shivering their tiaras off). We are having hints at fall. Cool mornings, beautiful light, a few leaves appearing…
Apple Antics: a Neurotic Foray into Urban Foraging
On a driving route I take multiple times daily I made a discovery last week. On a well manicured green space of an apartment complex, nestled in a grove of mismatched trees along the busy street was a burgeoning apple tree. For me it was like spotting the cast of the Eclipse trilogy amidst the…
