There are big foodie events in Washington, DC, this weekend, with both the Green Festival and the Metropolitan Cooking & Entertainment Show taking place at the Washington Convention Center. Both have kids’ zones, and the Green Festival will offer eco-foodies natural, vegetarian dining and an organic beer garden. The Green Parent, Jenn Savedge, will be […]
Entries from November 2008
Local Flavor – Festival Weekend + Fall Cupcakes
November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Local Flavor Friday · recipes
Food Fight, A Film Review
November 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments
It is probably fairly obvious that this blog and my cooking are heavily influenced by Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma and Alice Waters’ inspirational career. I loved The Real Dirt on Farmer John and King Corn, so naturally I jumped at the chance to review a new food film, Food Fight, directed by Chris Taylor. This […]
Tags: food politics · foodietots reviews
Cooking with Toddlers, Get-Out-the-Vote Edition
November 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
In honor of Election Day, the toddler and I cooked up some political sugar cookies. Our circus animal cookie cutter set had an elephant but no donkey, so we went with the “O” Obama logo for our Democratic cookies. VOTE!
Tags: baked goods · cooking with toddlers
Pork Chops with Apples and Maple-Rum Sauce
November 3rd, 2008 · 17 Comments
To me, nothing says fall quite like pork chops with fresh picked apples. I’m not sure where the association comes from, since I can only remember my mother making pork chops with peaches. Nevertheless, when the leaves are falling and the temperatures finally take their sudden plunge (seasons never change gradually here in DC!), you […]
Tags: apples · proteins · recipes · weeknight meals
Happy Halloween!
November 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Happy Halloween!
apples, raisins, pepitas and peanut butter
Tags: holiday
