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In the last few years, much has been said (including on Epicurious’s blog) about the environmental benefits of eating local food. There's so much talk about local…
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nice that so many consumers, and food makers, care about supporting
local food purveyors. Too bad we can't all agree on how to
define "local."
The New York Times today ran an article about how the folks behind Lay's potato chips…
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The tomatoes my neighbor brought over from her garden were not pretty. They rolled around like marbles in a small cardboard box, various sizes and colors, with little pockmarks around their stems. Yet they were intriguing: I’d never seen ones these shades of purple, red and green, so different from the store-bought symmetrical varieties that seem to pop out of molds.
“What are these called?” I asked. “I’m not exactly sure,” she replied. “They’re from seeds my grandfather had in the barn.” When I bit into one it was sweet, slightly lemony and stunning; better than any tomato I had ever eaten. I could taste summer, sunshine and earth and could imagine her grandfather toiling over the vines. They tasted like an era and a place.
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Kudos to whoever coined the term "locavore." It's sexy, it has a nice ring to it, and it confers a sense of environmental-savvy without radical militant extremism. It says "yeah, I'm smart and cool and responsible, but you know, you do what you need to do. It's all... Read More »
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