It’s official: Winter is here!

Posted on December 21, 2008 by kchocolate3

The above picture was actually taken Friday, before today’s storm.  It’s been an incredibly snowy weekend, and it’s a verifiable winter wonderland out there!  Fitting for the first weekend of Winter.  I just hope this isn’t how the whole winter will go, otherwise I’ll have to spend it all at home, drinking tea, and curled [...]

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Fifth Annual Menu for Hope

Posted on December 18, 2008 by kchocolate3

Tis the season!  One of the wonderful parts of being in the food blogging community is the charity that people express.  Not only are food bloggers willing to help each other out, but the kindness goes way beyond the virtual world and right into the lives of those who are the most needy.
Each year for [...]

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Happy Saint Nicholas Day!

Posted on December 5, 2008 by kchocolate3

It’s crazy how late Thanksgiving was this year.  Just a week ago I was frantically cooking our dinner (we had ours on Friday), and today I’m celebrating one of my family’s fun Christmas traditions!
Before I go into Christmas already though, I have to give Thanksgiving (tied as my favorite holiday of the year), a proper [...]

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  • News in Food


    Lots of people get around to posting things before I do. This column is devoted to what's hot (and those posts and articles that I wish I'd had the time or inspiration to write). Remember something I mentiond before but can't find it here? Check in the archives.

    Community Garden Resources
    Join in the gardening craze this year and plant your own garden! Now is the time to start planning, and in some parts of the country and world to start planting.
    Stephen Albert's book Kitchen Garden Grower's Guide is a great place to start planning.
    Organic Gardening offers helpful tips and techniques for your garden.
    The American Community Garden Association has a list of gardens as well as helpful tips to start a garden in areas where land is at a premium.

    Slow Food Nation
    If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area on Labor Day weekend, park your car, hop on the BART, and check out the Slow Food USA's largest food event yet: Slow Food Nation. Spend a weekend eating great food, listing to music, learning about sustainable food alternatives, and celebrating food with a bunch of other people who value it too. People are worried, with right, that the Victory Garden will be pulled up after the event, but let's look at it this way: if San Francisco can pull this off, maybe other cities around the nation (and world) can emulate it in their own ways and we'll start having "food fairs" just like we now have state and county fairs. Now wouldn't that be tasty?

    Coffee and Tea
    The New York Times blog has posted on flavored coffee. I agree: as someone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest among coffee purists, blueberry coffee does not sound good to me. Furthermore, today's Boston Globe has posted on iced tea around the area here. Check it out, my cafe (Darwin's) plays a starring role!

    Art Fair Season
    For me, these festivals are the epitome of summer. The Salem Art Association's art fair is what I grew up on - a weekend when art, music, and food took over our city park and celebrated. So it came as a pleasant surprise when I found out that Somerville, where I now live in Massachusetts, is having its own festival in Davis Square next weekend, July 18-19. If you're looking for a festival near you, check out this great database for art fairs all over the US. And when you go, try to find an elephant ear - the yummiest thing you'll ever eat at a fair.