I am declaring Portland, Oregon a foodie mecca. It doesn’t boast the rich culinary history that charmed Ms. Julia Child in Paris, or the centuries-old traditions of Tuscany and the Italian countryside. Portland doesn’t have as many restaurants as New York City. But in terms of devotion to healthy, organic, local and from-scratch foods… well,…
Author: Christine
From nine-to-five, Christine works in the non-profit world of affordable housing and community development. After hours, you can find her cooking up a storm in her teeny tiny kitchen, curled up on the couch with a stack of good books, or hosting wild one-person dance parties. Christine lives in downtown Albany and likes to imagine a life filled with freshly baked bread, tea parties and 1970s kitchenware.
{community} Be a Dinner Elf
Food is much more than a series of nutrients and calories. Food brings people together to celebrate the good times and helps sustain us during the tough times. Some recipes are infused with memories and help honor important people and times in our lives. Food is at the center of any good get-together: a casual…
{pizza week part two} Pizza For One
Think you need a whole pizza party in order to make pizza? Wrong. Next time you are searching for a quick dinner to make yourself, try making a Pizza for One. Just because you are dining alone doesn’t mean that you have to eat cereal or cold leftovers for dinner. I like to make this…
{Dispatch} from a small kitchen
Editor’s Note: We are interrupting today’s normally scheduled post* to bring you the coolest rental kitchen of 2011 which happens to belong to our contributor Christine! Do you have a teeny kitchen? Do you need inspiration on what to do with said space-challenged room? Where to place all those gadgets when you have no drawers…
{garlic scape week} pesto!
by Christine I had never cooked with, and perhaps never tasted, a garlic scape before I joined a CSA this year. At the last FSC Food Swap, a genius swapper had made garlic scape pesto to share. And then my CSA email had suggestions for garlic scape pesto. And then I got garlic scapes in…
{Know Your Farmer} Strawberry Fest 2011
The lucky CSA members of Kilpatrick Family Farm were invited to head up to Middle Granville, NY this week for some strawberry picking, farm touring, baby animal petting and picnicking. The weather was perfect, cute little kids were out in full force and I spent every dime I had on strawberries. It was a good…
{Enjoying} Swiss Chard: Quiche
I love quiches. They are my go-to dish and since I am a total cheater and use store-bought pie crusts, they are really easy to make. It doesn’t matter what kind of veggies you have on hand, you can somehow turn them into a quiche filling. Although now that I think about it, carrots might…
{sprouting} growing food in small spaces
Even without a small patch of grass or a sunny spot for a window box, you can still grow some of your own food. You’re just going to have to learn to love sprouts. Alfalfa sprouts, bean sprouts, sprouted wheat and barley and rye, lentil sprouts… you can sprout just about anything you can think of….
{hello} I’m Christine
Editor’s Note: You’ve met Erika T, Britin F, and Jillian E. To rap up this “new-contributor-meet-n-greet” is Christine H from Unspeakable Visions. She will be joining us as our token 20-something non-mom foodie (score!) We were dying for a slightly larger spectrum of viewpoints, and Christine’s humor, wit, D.I.Y. knowledge, urban design sense and social…
