Local Heroes already abound, but the December 12, 2008 deadline to elect them for our home food shed is fast approaching! Edible Grande Traverse wants to know your choices for Local Food Heroes. To cast your vote in each of five categories go to the Edible Grande Traverse web site and click on the Local Food Heroes link. Results will be announced in January of 2009. Thanks for celebrating this capstone of our first year in print!
Grand Traverse Insider featured a story on Gary Nabhan's recent visit to northern Michigan.
After reading Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, I have a new appreciation for Thanksgiving.
Looking for an idea for that leftover turkey? Try Chef Ted's day after best ever leftover turkey sandwiches with avocado, bacon, onion and aioli.
On Saturday, November 29, an all-day workshop titled "Traditional Foods for Health, Beauty and Strength" will be offered in Leland by the Holy Hill Center. This day addresses the work of Sally Fallon, who has extensively researched how whole foods differ from much of the prepared foods available to us today. It will be held from 9 AM to 5 PM, and lunch and two snacks- all based upon traditional foods- are included in the workshop fee of $40 per person.
I'm looking at a grant application from a 4-H goat leader with the stated aim of attracting more buyer interest in goat meat at the Fair auction in August. I'm looking for suggestions on how to link 4-H goat projects and the local food scene.
Today is the last day of the Goodwill Inn's food drive. Items can be dropped off from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Brown Lumber on South Airport Road in Traverse City. Needed items include canned meat and fruit, pancake mix, juice, soups and stews, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti sauce, cereal and peanut butter. Diapers, personal care items and gift cards or cash also will be accepted. The need is great.
Check out this article about the Pugsley Gardens Program, which grew 9 tons of produce distributed to local charities and food pantries.
A couple nice write-ups on Tandem Ciders: one in the Leelanau Enterprise and another on Susan Och's French Road Connections blog.
Cooking Live! @ Aerie atop the Grand Traverse Resort.
Bryan Ulbrich's Left Foot Charley is named one of the top producers east of the Rockies in Robert Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide (7th ed).
Learn how to grow fresh veggies year-round. The Michigan Land Use Institute will present a workshop on hoophouses on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Black Star Farms.
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Farmers' markets aren't just for the warm months any more. This winter, some Up North markets are taking it inside on Saturdays!
