Emily's Eat Local Challenge - San Francisco

CCA Grad Design Science Fair this Monday 12/8

emilyeatslocalsf — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:41:28 +0000

Pics from Alternative Food Fair!

emilyeatslocalsf — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:37:56 +0000

The fair went great, it was a lot of fun and we got the message out about local/vegan/corn-free/sea-veggie/mini-livestock foods to a greater part of the CCA community.

Local Thanksgiving

emilyeatslocalsf — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:51:46 +0000

Happy Turkey Day everyone!

This year we spent Thanksgiving here in SF, at my cousin’s who I am proud to say served a local bird (which I can appreciate even though I don’t eat turkey) and a delicious array of mostly local veggies in accompaniment. We made my favorite spinach recipe as well as some local Dungeness crab and corn fritters (recipe from Ray’s Boathouse: Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest) which were seriously delicious. It was a wonderful feast with some local wine and beer and lots of local friends. It felt great to eat local for the holiday, it’s a small thing we can do to minimize the impact of what can be a very indulgent tradition.

And now for a mostly unrelated but always enjoyable pic for this post…

Turkey 1, Bush 0

Local Food Info Animation

emilyeatslocalsf — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:09:58 +0000

thanks to Defne for the heads up!

Avedano’s local meat/seafood in Bernal Heights

emilyeatslocalsf — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:19:56 +0000

Avedano’s is such a great resource, they deserve their very own post.

http://www.avedanos.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/avedanos-holly-park-market-san-francisco

It’s in my neighborhood which is of course an immediate plus. But there are plenty of great things about Avedano’s: They concentrate on local, humanely raised and slaughtered meats and locally caught and sustainable seafood. Also, it’s woman-owned. You will pay a little more, but isn’t it worth it to feel confident in where your meat is coming from? And it’s great to support a small, local, woman-owned business.

Alternative Food Fair – Free! Outside CCA Monday 3-4pm

emilyeatslocalsf — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:16:48 +0000

On Monday 11.24 afternoon from 3-4pm out front of CCA’s SF campus, I’ll be participating in an Alternative Food Fair. I’m banding together with four other students who are working on food-related Personal Sustainability Projects this semester.

We’ll have one bringing vegan food, one bringing corn-free food, one bringing food incorporating sea vegetables, one incorporating mini livestock (aka insects), and I’ll be bringing local treats. The food will be FREE and we’ll all have information relating to our projects, along with the recipes for our culinary creations.

Hope you’ll stop by if you’re around, to sample some tasty alternative foods!

Local Harvest website – Great resource

emilyeatslocalsf — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:02:29 +0000

Localharvest.org is a wonderful resource for finding local foods, farms, restaurants, etc no matter where in the US you live. It’s also pretty interesting to see how many more resources there are in the middle to eastern parts of the country versus the west – there are few scattered resources listed in the central to western parts of the country, and then a heavy listing along the west coast. The creators of the website are in Santa Cruz, CA, so it’s not them being biased towards the east – most likely an actual reflection of more resources available in that part of the country.

Local Foods Resource Map from localharvest.org

November 6

emilyeatslocalsf — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:38:09 +0000

Mega stir fry today with the veggies from the box: carrots, green and red peppers, green beans, mixed leafy greens, and leeks in ginger, olive oil and a splash of soy sauce, served with wild rice blend. All local but the soy sauce. Made a huge batch so we’ll have lots of leftovers.

November 5

emilyeatslocalsf — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:32:56 +0000

New box today, boyf was singing a little chant as we cleaned out the fridge of old gone-bad food and put the nice new fresh veggies in.

Old goes out, new goes in, only what we need!

I think that last bit was a jab at me and my newfound tendency to collect excessive amounts of local produce. I’m still kinda new to this cooking local from scratch thing, and getting the boxes delivered, and frankly, it’s a little overwhelming trying to find time to cook it all, let alone figure out what to make with it. Some of the stuff that arrives I’m not even sure what it is!

Because we often end up going to the farmer’s market anyway, we’ve decided not to continue the CSA boxes after the 4-box trial. The farmer’s market does require us getting up early on Saturdays but it’s cheap and at least we only get what we want.

November 4th

emilyeatslocalsf — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:18:16 +0000

OBAMAAAAA!!
Sorry… I know this isn’t a political blog, I’m just so unbelievably proud of my country today.

Returned from Monterey and Yosemite this afternoon with a new appreciation of the incredible value of California’s wild spaces. Both places are just bursting with life and awe-inspiring beauty. It’s just another reason why we should eat local as a step to protect our environment.

Monterey

Yosemite Falls