This past weekend I was at a craft show again. It was actually an outdoor festival and BBQ competition with a craft show/vendor show section. I was very excited to come across the following booth: As the banner says, Kansas City Food Artisans is an association of high-quality small-batch food producers. All members are small… Continue reading Kansas City Food Artisans
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Veggie Sub Special at Planet Sub
In honor of the fact that it is Friday and I've officially survived my first week back at work after my vacation, I took myself out to lunch at Planet Sub. Planet Sub started in Lawrence, KS (right outside Kansas City and the home of KU) and has expanded to many locations in the midwest. … Continue reading Veggie Sub Special at Planet Sub
Craft Show Finds
Today sooooo feels like it should be Friday. This has been the longest week ever. I'm about out of the woods for my "busy time" at work. Hooray! I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend. Benzo and I have something new planned - more about that tomorrow! Today I'm posting about something I've been… Continue reading Craft Show Finds
Eco Events This Weekend
Two eco-events are going on this weekend that I wanted to let you know about. Earth Hour Earth Hour is a movement around the world that calls people together to turn their lights off for one hour on Saturday, March 27th, 8:30pm local time. This simple action is a symbolic gesture that small changes do… Continue reading Eco Events This Weekend
The World’s Most Local Burger
Last Friday night, Benzo and I drove out to Lawrence, KS for the evening. While we were out there I suggested we eat dinner at this place called Local Burger. I had heard about it before and checked out their website and knew it was a place I had to try. Local Burger's tag line… Continue reading The World’s Most Local Burger
New CSA Alert
Attention those of you that live in my area (you know who you are!). I know of a new CSA that might be starting up next year. I met a farmer at the market a couple of weeks ago and he gave me some information on his potential CSA for 2009. If you might be… Continue reading New CSA Alert
CSA: Week 22
I got an awesome CSA share tonight! I drove out to the pick up location, got out of my car with my little bag and walked over to the CSA guy. He took one look at me and my bag and said "Uh it's not going to fit in that bag. You're gettin' a box!"… Continue reading CSA: Week 22
CSA: Week 20
A little catching up! Here's what I received during Week 20: Cantaloupe! 4 golden zucchinis 3 tomatoes 1 cucumber tons of green beans The cantaloupe actually ended up being a little squishy but I was able to salvage most of it. I was intrigued by the golden zucchinis. Some people might look at that and… Continue reading CSA: Week 20
CSA: Week 19
Only five weeks left of the CSA! Boooooooo! This week I received: 1 spaghetti squash 1 red pepper 2 large tomatoes 5 roma tomatoes green beans I'm super excited about the spaghetti squash. I've always wanted to try it. Supposedly you cook it and then stick a fork in it and it winds up like… Continue reading CSA: Week 19
CSA: Week 18
Arg! I'm so far behind on blogging. Here's a quick update on last week's CSA. I received: 2 yellow bell peppers some tomatoes (I don't remember how many!) green beans small jar of blackberry jam! I think that was everything. If I think of anything else I'll come back and add it later. I tried… Continue reading CSA: Week 18