ouch….! Bourdain vs. Waters

by | Feb 2, 2009 | Valley Locavore

Anthony Bourdain, author and star of the food tv show, "No Reservations," said in his swashbuckling style that he hates the new mario butallo show with Gwenneth et al and he really hates alice waters, the promoter and high priestess of local food. In an...

Erudite yet kind…

by | Feb 3, 2009 | Valley Locavore

Locavore diet today: soup at farmer & baker conference with raw ricotta and squash, greens with a fried egg on top, stilton cheese (england – 5000 miles) and locavore bread made of beets, local wheat, wicked strong starter and butter….and wine. Updike...

Casinos are green things too…..

by | Feb 4, 2009 | Valley Locavore

Today, not sure what ate today….locavore bread french toast from noho with wheat made with "mystery wheat seeds" from Belchertown, and then some kale from enterprise farm in whately and parsnips from a little bag, maybe from whately, garlic from my...

Finger Pointing

by | Feb 6, 2009 | Valley Locavore

At the farmer baker conference a man with a feed hat sitting next to me cried out, “please, just tell me how much flour you guys need?” His right hand was poised over the paper, waiting for an answer. On the index finger were a ring of fresh...

Locavore Diet Intervention

by | Feb 24, 2009 | Valley Locavore

One thing about this diet is the depravation piece. First nothing seems impossible then going without coffee is impossible and then it seems that everything will be fine with just squash and dairy but then salt becomes impossible so you start eating lots and lots of...