Soup and Bread returns!
Sort of. Intrigued? Go here.
Sunday schoolin’
A recent post over at the Green Roof Growers blog, on a road trip they took to a south side church, included — almost as an afterthought — a link to a 2007 essay from Orion Magazine, on how a community garden has helped one traumatized small town patch itself back together. That sounds deadly, right? … Continued
Time those tomatoes
Passing along from the Advocates for Urban Agriculture list-serv — a cool new resource (born in Australia) for urban gardeners: Cityfood Growers Here’s what they say about themselves: Planting made easy With the burgeoning interest of city dwellers in growing their own food, one of the key challenges to food gardeners has been resolved with the … Continued
Local, schmocal
At some point during the RAFT summit back in March, one Wisconsin orchard-keeper publicly despaired of ever making a profit off of his cider. The number of apples needed to squeeze out a gallon of juice, the labor, and other associated costs, forced the price structure of cider closer to that of wine than beer, … Continued
Sunflowers
Steve Albini on food
[From a friend, part of a longer interview with Albini in the LA Record.] What do you think is your great topic—something you’re endlessly fascinated by? There’s like a half a dozen things. Generally my areas of interest outside of being in a band are probably cooking, billiards, poker, general superficial scientific interest—nothing academic but … Continued
As promised …
… blurry photos of home-cooking experiments. On the left are quick-pickled radishes: two tablespoons salt, one tbsp sugar, some “pickling spice” from Stanley’s, which is a little heavy on the coriander, and two weeks worth of Vera’s radishes. Put all in jar; cover with water. Cap, shake, and chill. On the right is green garlic … Continued
More tales from the fruit front
Fruit Slinger returns! At some point over the winter he appears to have picked up a much better camera. Jealous.
Strauss at Midnight …
… is up and running, so look forward to an imminent return to blurry shots of home cooking experiments regularly scheduled programming. In the meantime, check out this rave pre-review non-review from Don Hall, aka “Angry White Guy in Chicago.” The pull quote: “I think you should, without question, go and see Strauss at Midnight. I … Continued
Where I’ve been
This week I took a break from the natural world and spent just under 60 hours is the very unnatural world of the theater. That theater, up there, to be precise. Theater Oobleck‘s production of Jeff Dorchen‘s new play, Strauss at Midnight, opens Thursday, June 11, at the DCA’s Storefront Theater downtown. And it is great! … Continued