Eat Local, Corn Crazy

by | Aug 8, 2010 | vegetarian, vegetarian recipe

Well, folks, it’s week two of the Eat Local Challenge Month, and what a fine month it is. Here in MN, even more than other parts of the country, we have a short, intense growing season. Things like asparagus happen in mid-june, and if we are lucky, melons ripen...

Locavores Will Love Minnesota Grown Sunflower Oil

by | Aug 5, 2010 | Unassigned

Even the most devoted locavores have to work around the limits of Minnesota. We don’t grow olives, coffee, chocolate, or sugar cane. Beets, yes, but I have yet to see anyone marketing a local beet sugar. So when folks pledge to go all-local in their kitchens,...