I'm still playing with my food
I'm still playing with my food

Here I intend to share some of the recipes that have worked for me (with credits whenever I remember them), resources I've found, sites that have inspired me, and other 'food stuff' as I come across it.
I currently have the privilege of supplying the board and various committees of our local United Way with sustenance and enjoy taking my turn instructing the "What's for Dinner" classes at the local RCSS

"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument."
Richard Whately (1787-1863)

The Future of Food (and the people who eat it)

FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
http://www.freshthemovie.com/

Something you always wanted to know

According to studies by the USDA, The amount of alcohol remaining in a cooked dish is:

  • Boil liquid, remove from heat - 85%
  • Flamed: 75%
  • Baked or simmered for 15 minutes - 40%
  • Baked or simmered for 30 minutes - 35%
  • Baked or simmered for 1 hour - 25%
  • Baked or simmered for 1.5 hour - 20%
  • Baked or simmered for 2 hours - 10%
  • Baked or simmered for 2.5 hours - 5%

Dragonfly Garden Farm

We are a seasonal business using organic principals to grown beef, pork, chicken, turkey, duck and honey. Unlike large scale conventional farming where animals are grown in gigantic barns, where product can be grown consistently through out the year, pasture based farming relies on the spring, summer and fall growing season to provide fresh green grass. http://www.dragonflyfarmstore.ca/
While it's great to see this kind of operation I really wish it was here in Chatham-Kent

For the foodie who has everything

Luxiare Edible Crayons are a mash up of processed nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and even a tad of melted marshmallow to moisten it all together. http://luxirare.com/crayon/

Our governments food policies
<soapbox>Our governments really need to get their shit together if we hope to be able to feed ourselves.
Between the feds letting in tons of American meat without so much as a quick peek to see if it's rotten and the province trying to drive local producers out of business report1 report2 we'll be lucky to be able to find a local tomato much less afford one.</soapbox>

The Flour Peddler revives an ancient business

By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun May 26, 2010
ROBERTS CREEK — Chris Hergesheimer is reviving an ancient business model that is as far from industrial-scale agriculture and multinational grocery chains as it could possibly be. http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Flour+Peddler+revives+ancient+business/3075341/story.html

Food Network

<soapbox>Let's start a petition to change the food network to the histrionics network. If they get any more 'drama' in the kitchen some of those chefs are going to have to join ACTRA.</soapbox>

Alliance For Healthy Food & Farming

I just got my latest Locovore News and found this map of members of Sustain Ontario, The Alliance For Healthy Food & Farming
Members map
Wish there were a few pins twixt Windsor and London