Our next eating local recipe is one of my own creation! I am not a big fan of eggplant (too slimy!), so I wanted to come up with a creative way for me and T to enjoy these little gems. We recently went to an Ethiopian restaurant in Bloomington after T had been to one [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Oriental Eggplant, Ethiopian Style!
Posted in Foods, tagged Eggplant, Ethiopian, Local on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First Item Up for Bids!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our first locally-procured item? Squash blossoms filled with local goat cheese, breaded with tempura batter and fried!
It’s as easy as it sounds to make. Here’s my method:
1. Make sure you open up the squash flowers to remove any bugs that may have crawled inside the flower to sleep! My vendor has a special way [...]
Eating Local is Affordable!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At least in Bloomington, Indiana it is! Almost everything is coming into season now in the Midwest, which means tough choices–what do I want to get, versus what do I need to get? If I get this, can I eat it in time? Will it go bad? How do I capture the freshness of summer [...]
Homemade Naan: So many possibilities!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Naan. What a wonderful, versatile bread. As it is intended, to sop up all the delicious flavors of an Indian stew, or as the basis for homemade pizza, naan is delicious and wonderful and warm and buttery and tangy… and the easiest bread product you could ever make from scratch.
Homemade Naan: (Adapted from pattikay in [...]
SweetGrass Restaurant = YooHoo on the Menu
Posted in Uncategorized on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have been looking forward to SweetGrass Restaurant opening for some time now. There are three ways to get anywhere in Bloomington, and one of our most frequent routes has us driving by the “Sweet Grass Restaurant Coming Soon” sign at least twice a day. And we checked, twice a day, for indications of the [...]
