Another vegetable with architectural pretensions! Like the costata romanesca, this one has classical roots, but its look is more minaret than column. It’s a green brassica that tastes a bit like broccoli, looks a bit like its white cousin, and is a whole lot more fun than either. I bought this one today at Killdeer [...]
Archive for July 29th, 2009
Cauliflower Romanesca
Posted in Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, cauliflower recipe, cauliflower romanesca, eat local Vermont, eat locally, eat locally Vermont, eating locally, Killdeer, Killdeer Farm Stand, Killdeer Norwich, local eating, local food, locavore, Norwich farm, Norwich organic farm, roast cauliflower, roving locavore, Vermont farm stand, Vermont farmers' markets, Vermont local food, Vermont locavore on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
animals and antibiotics
Posted in Meat, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, antibiotics legislation, beef antibiotics, beef history, beef industry, beef sustainability, Cloudland Farm, eat local Vermont, eat locally, eat locally Vermont, eating locally, Fresh book, Fresh: A Perishable History, grass fed beef, local eating, local food, locavore, Pollan farmer in chief, refrigeration history, roving locavore, salmon antibiotics, shrimp antibiotics, Susanne Freidberg, Vermont farm stand, Vermont grass fed beef, Vermont local food, Vermont locavore on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am in wholehearted agreement with the motivation behind the New York Times editorial of a few days ago, “Farms and Antibiotics,” and with the legislation it promotes, which aims to drastically reduce the amount of antibiotics used in raising meat. The figures in this editorial are staggering. There are so many good reasons to [...]
Back in Brattleboro
Posted in Restaurants, Whimsical, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Brattleboro breweries, Brattleboro farmers, Brattleboro local food, Brattleboro restaurants, eat local Vermont, eat locally, eat locally Vermont, eating locally, grass fed beef, local beer, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore beer, McNeill's beer Brattleboro, McNeill's Brewery, Mocha Joe's Brattleboro, Mocha Joe's coffee, roving locavore, Vermont beer, Vermont breweries, Vermont cheese, Vermont farmers' markets, Vermont grass fed beef, Vermont local beer, Vermont local food, Vermont locavore, Wantastiquet on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other day, I went back to visit friends from high school, whom I hadn’t seen in about fourteen years, in the town I haven’t visited much since then. Why not, I can’t really explain. It was one of the strongest experiences of sense-memory: watching the curve of the off-ramp come into view; feeling the [...]




