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Wild wine from Sea Breeze
Sea Breeze Farm, on Vashon Island in Puget Sound, is a hive of activity that produces an impressive array of products, including cheese, cow milk, chicken eggs, chickens, duck eggs, lamb, and wine. We visited the farm as part of King
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Digest: Farmers on E. coli, major hop fire, addictive overeating, fish farms
Cheese by Hand: Michael at Cheese by Hand follows up on Nina Planck's Times op-ed on E. coli with a letter from Andy Kehler of Jasper Hill Farm.
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Baltimore brews
Updated with photos! Our long residence on the West Coast gave us the impression that there is no decent beer east of the Rockies until you cross the Canadian border or reach Europe. This bias could have been argued until the mid-1990s. I remember business trips to the East Coast where the only alternatives
Ethicureans abroad: or, our visit to Baltimore
Update: We've added photos after a slight delay.--MolM. This last weekend, Man of La Muncha and I traveled to Baltimore for a friend's wedding. The wedding was wonderful, and we met (and in some cases, re-met) a lot of very fun and interesting people. But, of course, any trip involving Ethicureans
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Organic wine tasting: Frey’s Natural White
As I have mentioned before, the Potato Non Grata and I are not skilled wine tasters, despite all the practicing we do. After our previous experience group-tasting some organic wines (no added sulfites)
Organic Wine Tasting Part I: The war on terroir
The Potato Non Grata and I and had some friends over for a birthday dinner last weekend, and I decided to throw in an organic wine tasting. I've been looking for a house red, and since Bonterra's organically grown Chardonnay is already our de-facto house white, I figured I ought to try some other wineries.
Digest: Fordhill’s recuers, industrial organic qualms, Kaiser pilot
Note: As our Web nets improve, our news trawls are turning up ever more links. Must-reads: The Observer (UK): A very inspiring profile and history
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Nurturing community: one bite at a time
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. -- Virginia Woolf Recently, our home became a bed-and-breakfast of sorts. First, three weeks ago, our friend Susana, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, arrived to stay with us. Then, more than a week ago, Mary Alice, from Michigan, and
Iowa: land of cheese and wine
I'm back from my week-long trip to Iowa, to visit family, friends, and the family farm -- and to get myself away from my computer and all of the drudgery (sometimes) of too much freelance work. All work and no play make Jane a very dull girl, after all. Most of my reflections need to simmer a bit longer,
Digest: Stock up, beer drinkers — mad cow on the way
The Motley Fool*: Investment website provides interesting take on the Whole Food announcement, saying move to support small farmers is good for the company's stock price, as it will provide a competitive edge against Wal-Mart and Safeway
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News flash: Corn syrup isn’t bad for you!
...says a New York Times article in the Sunday business section. Sort of. Seems that the experts who fingered high fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, as the culprit in America's obesity epidemic are
Goooaaaalllll: Steak and chimichurri for the Argentines
It's Saturday and the Butter Bitch and I are preparing to do something slightly out of character: Watch sports, drink Argentinean wine and eat steak from Skagit River Ranch. I occasionally watch sports, mostly playoffs and championships, while the Butter
Digest: Amish milk fight, designer (hot) dogs, and Idaho gets S/O/L/E
New York Times: Amish farmer from Mount Hope, Ohio, fights law forbidding him to sell raw milk from his dairy. San Francisco
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Digest: What’s next, organic martinis?
The Scotsman: Organic beer and wine have been around for a number of years, but now there is organic Scotch. Slainte! Washington Post:
Pub Grub in Seattle
Seattle is a town of grey days, damp nights, coffee, and beer. While fair Portland to the south has more brewpubs per capita than anywhere in the world, Seattle has a thriving pub culture that is reminiscent of Great Britain. Seattle doesn't have many brewpubs--that is, pubs that make their own beer
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