Today I went to beautiful Mission San José, which is, inexplicably, in Fremont, for the Olive Festival. It was very cute, in a small town festival way. (And Fremont is not a small town.) There were cheesy jewelry booths and odd, animal-shaped purses, but what there really was, was olive oil. Lots and lots of [...]
The Metro has a very positive article on South Bay urban farms: Full Circle in Sunnyvale, Happy Quail in East Palo Alto, and, of course, our own Veggielution. Tomorrow I’m off to Fremont to the Olive Festival to buy oil and brined olives to serve at the Bounty of Heart’s Delight. Look for a full [...]
I met with Mike Borkenhagen of Eulipia this afternoon; we talked about recipes for the dinner, serving logistics and food prep. I said hello to the pears in the walk-in cooler; they look fine. It’s such a pleasure to work with someone so generous and cheerful, although he protests that he’s not actually doing anything. [...]
I realized as I was driving away from the farm this afternoon that I hadn’t taken a single photograph, however underwater-looking, to document the work day. I wandered through the winter squash planting, where we have many pumpkins getting huge and orange. I picked a couple of small ones to try frying them. They were [...]
Elephant seals don’t eat when they’re on shore, but I made up for their abstemious habits today, picking up a whole aged sheep cheese and almost five pounds of feta from Rebecca King at the Westside farmers market, and then 20 lbs of freshly ground flour and 10 lbs of soft wheat berries from Pie [...]
Vamos a ver… We have, clockwise from top right: carrots, zucchini, apples, eggplant, melon, peppers, tomatoes, spinach, basil, collards, and eggs and red onions in the mush pot. The carrots have started a new bag, the apples have joined the reactor core, which is reaching criticality. The zukes are dehydrating, peppers and eggplants for roasting. [...]
Well, I waited until tonight to post, because I was planning to report on Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio’s showing of Flow: The Film And then our Veggielution dinner planning meeting went on too long, and I didn’t end up going. That makes me sad, since it looks like a good movie. I’ll try to catch it [...]
Todd and I really laid on the food today at the Veggielution workday, especially Todd, with his penne with pesto, homemade bread, and stuffed zucchini blossoms redux. I made a soup with the shelly beans that had been growing up one of the huge cornstalks in the original plot. I told Amie she should include [...]
And, much as I hate posting twice in one day (when I could be saving things up for days when I guiltily realize I have nothing to blog about) tomorrow is Coastal Cleanup Day, and I’d like to do my small bit in getting the word out about these open positions. First, there are two [...]
Happy Mexican Independence Day! In honor of the day, I cooked nopalitos and verdolagas today at Veggielution. I’ve never harvested cactus paddles before, so I chose only the two youngest, most tender ones. I think I can probably go a little more mature next time, although I didn’t have a vegetable peeler today, so I [...]