Part One of Two on sustainable cranberry sauce for your Thanksgiving dinner… While cranberry-sauce-in-a-can is always on our Thanksgiving table to appease my “traditionalist” husband and in-laws, I make one or two fresh variations as well. I’ve always been intrigued by the notion of cranberry bogs. While my home state Oregon actually boasts a few, […]
Entries Tagged as 'fresh from the…'
Fresh from the Cranberry Bogs
November 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Tags: behind the label · eco-friendly · food for thought · fresh from the... · holiday · ingredients · recipes · water
Creamy Apple Celery Soup
September 23rd, 2008 · 20 Comments
We recently ventured out to Stribling Orchard‘s Apple Festival to kick off fall with fresh-plucked apples. It didn’t feel particularly like fall as it was a scorching 95 degrees. Stribling is a sixth-generation family farm with a lovely view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The occasional train passing by below the orchard provided an added […]
Tags: apples · fresh from the... · soup
Pacific NW Snapshots: Sauvie Island Peaches
September 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I grew up in the hills northwest of Portland, Oregon, just up the river from Sauvie Island. This 33 square mile island is a quiet retreat just 20 minutes from Portland and split between farmland and Sturgeon Lake’s bird sanctuary. My family still fishes and kayaks on the island, and the sandy north shore made […]
Tags: away from home · fresh from the... · Know Your Food
Fresh from the Little Goat Dairy by the River
August 22nd, 2008 · 6 Comments
While the FoodieTots is on our annual trip out west, in pursuit of farmstead cheese, tasty microbrews and fine pinot, I’m sharing a tale of our ’07 visit to this charming goat dairy nestled in Oregon’s coast range. Hopefully we will be nibbling on their hazelnut torte as you read this! On our way back […]
Tags: fresh from the...
Fresh From the Dairy Farm: South Mountain Creamery
May 9th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Milk was the first step in our transition to organic foods, as I first learned about bovine growth hormones (rBGH) shortly after getting knocked up way back in 2006. As I had given up soda and all but the bare minimum of caffeine (1 small coffee), I was drinking a lot of milk and it […]
Tags: fresh from the...