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Local Harvest

local-harvest

Today while taking a little break for lunch and playing around with my iPod Touch, I found a great little app in the App Store from Buster McLeod, called Locavore. It uses data from the Local Harvest website to tell you what fruits and veggies are in season in your area and the dates and times of local farmer’s markets. Really great! You can also choose to look at individual items and see where they are currently in season in the US and find recipes.


New Food Labeling Guidelines

Hooray!
Well kind of..
Okay so there have been some new guidelines started today here in the US about ‘country of origin’ labeling for meats, fruits and veggies. It’s great, I’m all for it. But I don’t see why it’s a huge change for some things. If you actually read the little tiny stickers on [...]


Foodie Info-

I have become obsessed with Flo lately. I ate there on Wednesday afternoon and was not disappointed.
Thursday night we had a couple friends in town for the night and went to Sabatino’s. I had the most amazing gnocchi I’ve ever had. Our waiter was great and funny. There were strolling musicians serenading people. [...]


Herb Salad Spring Rolls with Spicy Peanut Sauce

These might seem a little intimidating if you’ve never done spring rolls before but they are really simple and super super yummy.
1 package of bean-thread/ cellophane noodles (The ones I found came in a big package with 4 bunches only use one bunch for this recipe.)
1 1/2 tablespoons of rice vinegar
4 leaves of Boston Lettuce [...]