Living local in Eugene, OR
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms, Portland, Soups, Vegetables - cool weather on Jan 11th, 2009
We made our first winter squash soup of the year with the Sibley Squash that I picked up at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market this morning . Our main purpose of going to the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market was to procure some Ayers Creek Farm heirloom beans but I couldn’t resist when I saw this beautiful squash [...]
Posted in Bandon, Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms on Jan 2nd, 2009
The holidays are over, but I still wanted some local cranberries. Every time I am in the produce section at the grocery store, I look at the box in hopes to see Oregon cranberries. Instead I walk away disgusted that a grocery store in Eugene buys cranberries from Wisconsin. What the heck?
We did manage to [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms on Jan 1st, 2009
Beans and grains have become a bit of an obsession around here. We are headed to the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market next weekend in search of some beans. A helpful reader turned me on to Ayers Creek Farm (thank you!), owned by Anthony and Carol Boutard. I have exchanged a few emails with Anthony and read [...]
Posted in Markets & farms on Dec 29th, 2008
I wanted to follow-up my last post, Pot Beans, with some more information on local beans and grains. I mentioned the Southern Willamette Valley Bean & Grain Project in that post, but thought such an exciting project deserves more than a mere mention.
I learned about the Southern Willamette Valley Bean & Grain Project through my [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Grains & legumes on Dec 24th, 2008
When we decided that we would eat as much locally grown food as possible, we started using mostly dried beans. There are sources for some dried beans (mostly black beans) in the Willamette Valley, but that will hopefully be increasing with the Southern Willamette Valley Bean and Grain Project that is focused on converting grass [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Soups, Vegetables - cool weather on Dec 19th, 2008
I have never thought that borscht looked like a soup that I would like to eat, let alone make. But our visit to Belly changed my opinion of borscht. Brian ordered borscht for dinner and kindly let us all taste it and it was delicious. I think the color is what turned me off. Its [...]
Posted in Restaurants on Dec 14th, 2008
This is the first non-Amy-written post of our blog. It’s by me, the guy frequently referred to as Matt. Here it goes…
To cap the work week and kick-off the weekend, we ventured out Friday night. Sam Bond’s Garage was the place and their version of Family Feud was the draw. Sam Bond’s is a small [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge on Dec 14th, 2008
A very exciting living local week indeed. We received our second order from Eugene Local Foods, went to a holiday party at a restaurant that features many local ingredients, made a yummy crab dip for our annual cookie decorating party, and I attended a class by the Master Food Preservers. What a week!
Posted in Appetizer - dips, Dark Days Challenge on Dec 14th, 2008
Another awesome recipe from my awesome sister-in-law, Amy. It is week 2 of dungeness crab season and I returned to Newman’s to pick up 2 crabs for this delicious recipe. Instead of shelling them by myself, I recruited Matt to help me after work on Friday. He is a champion crab sheller (see exhibit below). [...]
Posted in Holidays, Restaurants on Dec 12th, 2008
Being the local food junkies that we are, its odd that we rarely go to Adams Place, and have never actually eaten in the dining room. We sometimes meet friends there on Fridays after work for a little bite to eat and a drink or two, but never dinner. Adam’s Place gets great reviews and [...]
