Grown Away - Adventures in Food

2012 Seed Order

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:25:00 PST

This past weekend I did one final check of my seed list, continued working on the growing plan for the upcoming 2012 season, and ordered some seeds to supplement what I already had. After looking...

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Dark Days Meal # 12: Sweet Potato Fries, Sautéed Spinach & Onion with Roast Carrots and Beef Sausage

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:10:00 PST

The Dark Days Challenge is on! Running until March 31, 2012 over 100 participants will be doing our best to cook and blog about one meal per week featuring SOLE (sustainable, organic, local, ethical)...

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SoWa Market 2/19

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:15:00 PST

Gail and I made a quick trip to the SoWa market yesterday afternoon. While it wasn't one of our biggest winter market trips we did bring home a great variety of food stuffs! A nice mix of produce,...

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2012 In Progress (February)

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:40:00 PST

Reading: What I Eat: Around the World In 80 Diets - Faith D'Alusio & Peter Menzel Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World - Paul Stamets Monsanto guilty of chemical...

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Dark Days Meal # 11: Red Pepper & Goat Cheese Ravioli with Homemade Sauce and Spicy Beef Sausage

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:45:01 PST

Growing Mushrooms in the Kitchen!

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:10:00 PST

Last month Gail and I picked up a Back To The Roots Mushroom Kit at our local whole foods. The kit is a block of used coffee grounds inoculated with Oyster Mushroom mycelia. Activating the...

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Chewy Tangy Bread

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:10:00 PST

I am not an expert bread maker, I barely qualify as a novice most of the time, but I keep trying with some great success as well as some pretty bad failures as well, but sometimes I bake bread that...

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Wayland Winter Market 2/11

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:55:00 PST

Gail and I unexpectedly found ourselves at her Sister's house early on Saturday morning which made a trip to to the Wayland Winter Market very convenient! We got some usual staples...

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2012 In Progress (February)

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:40:00 PST

reading: What I Eat: Around the World In 80 Diets - Faith D'Alusio & Peter Menzel Mycelium Running: Hoe Mushrooms Can Help Save The World - Paul Stamets Make a Compost Pile and Your...

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Museum of Science Artists' Talk & Dinner at ArtBar

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:15:01 PST

Last night Gail and I attended a great artists' talk at the Museum of Science, Boston. Award winning photojournalist Peter Menzel along with writer and wife Faith D'Aluisio shared hundreds of...

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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Buckwheat Flour

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:15:00 PST

Last month when I picked up all the great local flour from Four Star Farms, Elizabeth L'Etoile of Four Star mentioned that buckwheat flour was great for banana bread and added a nice earthy flavor....

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Dark Days Meal #10: Roasted Beets & Grilled Cheese

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:01 PST

Wayland & SoWa Markets 2/4 - 2/5

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:10:00 PST

This weekend we were all over the place getting local goodies for the coming week as well as for the (quite disappointing) super bowl. On Saturday we hit up the Wayland Winter Market and Sunday...

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2012 In Progress (February)

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:56:55 PST

reading: Tomatoland - Barry Eastbrook What I Eat: Around the World In 80 Diets - Faith D'Alusio & Peter Menzel Newly Discovered Fungus Eats Plastic - Grist The First Woman to Go...

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Buckwheat x Sourdough

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:15:00 PST

This bread was a challenge for me in multiple ways. I had never used buckwheat before in bread making, nor had I deviated so much from a 'base' recipe when baking, which is why I was pleased...

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New Plant Hardiness Zone Map for U.S.

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:30:01 PST

Last week the USDA released a new climate zone map for the country, showing a general warming trend (no surprise there). Looking at the new map, the Fenway neighborhood of Boston (the location of...

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Dark Days Meal #9: Chuck Roast w/ root veggies, Salad, and Buckwheat/Sourdough

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:05:00 PST

Brookline & Wayland Winter Farmers Markets 1/28

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:05:00 PST

On Saturday Gail and I went on quite the local food shopping trip, starting very close to home at the one-off Brookline winter farmers market and continuing on to the Wayland Market. The...

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2012 In Progress (January)

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:30:00 PST

reading: Tomatoland - Barry Eastbrook What I Eat: Around the World In 80 Diets - Faith D'Alusio & Peter Menzel Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru - EuekaAlert Feeding The...

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Plotting & Scheming

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:10:00 PST

It's time. By now most of the seed catalogs have found their way to my mailbox and I am ready to turn toward spring and start to plan out the garden for this year! I knew it was time to transition...

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Copco Customer Service Appreciation

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:45:00 PST

These days it is pretty common to hear about poorly designed items and crappy customer service, especially with how connected today's consumers are thanks to social media and the Internet as a whole....

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Dark Days Meal #8: Oven Roasted Root Veggies & Turkey Kielbasa sauteed with onions and peppers

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:15:00 PST

Papperdelle with Spicy Beef Sausage and Cannellini Beans

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:10:01 PST

Anyone who enjoys or follows the restaurant scene here in Boston is familiar with Barbara Lynch and her roster of great dining and drinking establishments. In November 2009 Lynch published her highly...

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SoWa Winter Market 1/22

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:10:00 PST

We had a small haul at the SoWa Market yesterday, but we got a good amount of produce including a few pounds of greenhouse tomatoes. Fresh tomatoes in January are a treat. I definitely prefer the...

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2012 In Progress (January)

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:10:00 PST

reading: Horns - Joe Hill Honeybee problem nearing a 'critical point' - The Guardian Italy allows Unesco into Pompeii - The Art Newspaper Siberia was a wildlife refuge in the last ice...

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