Food of All Kinds

Fresh, local vegetables that are organic and in season. In short, precisely the base ingredients you need to develop skill in melding tastes and natural flavors together. I haven't posted in a while, for good reason. So this is a mega summary of how I feel my relationship to food has changed.

To start off this post, I must begin by saying that I read Pollan's books. Then, after researching on sustainable agriculture and discovering so much about the food industry that supplies what we purchase from supermarkets and convenience shops, I felt motivated to do my part to support local agriculture. I've signed up for a local CSA in the region, and I've been living mostly on what they provide me weekly (along with my stores of grains, flours and additional, judicious purchases of soy products and seasonings).

An astute reader would notice immediately that there is no meat in my weekly groceries. Yes, I am trying to reduce my consumption of meat. It's been approximately a month since I started this drive towards a meatless diet. Personally, I couldn't be happier, because of the delicious veggies I've been getting, but I get mixed reactions from people.


Anyway, I am very happy with my subscription and I'm not looking forward to the end of October, which is when it gets too cold for veggies to grow here :( I feel like the last few weeks have been a huge learning curve for me, and I have begun to question a lot of the assumptions I've had about the food I buy and eat.

In my subsequent posts, I'll be striking more of a balance between baking and cooking, especially dishes that are primarily vegetarian (or even maybe vegan). Meanwhile, enjoy the pictures of fresh veg!

Postscript: Sadly, the gorgeous tomatoes that were so ripe and sweet would be the only two this year from my CSA, due to the heinous late blight that attacked their crop.