Welcome to Local All Seasons!
Local All Seasons is a new space for the food-conscious eaters of New England. I hope you use this space to help guide and
encourage readers to choose their food wisely and locally. Check back
weekly for food conversation: tips, recipes, and the hurdles of being
a locavore in New England.
Start with Breakfast
Local All Seasons - Pam Maloney
4/13/09
As a locavore, or locavore-in-training, if you don't know who Michael Pollan is, you might want to take a minute to find out. Michael Pollan, author of books n Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto and The Omnivore's Dilemma, is interviewed by Newsweek's Nicki Gostin here. If you are looking for reasons to maintain your locally grown diet and some fodder to convince others, well, I couldn't have said it better myself. […]
Start with Breakfast
Local All Seasons - Pam Maloney
4/13/09
Thinking about locavorism? Breakfast might be your best bet. While planning three local meals a day may be overwhelming - think about the exciting possibilities breakfast can bring.
Some easy to find, all year round breakfast staples can make for local breakfasts 7 days a week. I make 2-3 stops per 2 weeks, to the local dairy, bakery and farm
This just in - iPhone phanatics can go local too . . .
By Pam Maloney 3/23/09
If you happen to be the proud owner of an iPhone and you are reading this blog - - there is an app for you! “Locavore” will tell you what veg is in season and where to find the nearest farmer’s market. Now you can’t use the “I don’t know where to find it” excuse anymore!
Have you used the new Locavore application? Let me know what you think!
Ditch the Microwave for a Week
Posted by Pam Maloney on March 18th 2009
Many aspiring locavores are held hostage by their kitchen accessories and appliances. The can opener makes it so easy to eat or cook with fruits and veggies that are preserved, not in season and packaged some place not close to home. The chip clip helps you keep “fresh” the greasy, salty snacks and convenience foods. Your microwave promotes the cooking of all things with ease – including pre-prepared dishes and dinners that could be easily replaced with locally grown foods.
I charge you to give up these appliances forever! Ok, how about a week?
Learn what you can do for yourself, your family and your community by foregoing the microwaved, canned and over processed foods of convenience.
Some things to discover instead?
Try snacking on some locally grown popcorn? Flavor with some herbs from your own herb garden. See what grains are produced at your local farms - anything you can do with rice – you can do with oats, barley, bulgar etc. You haven’t lived until you’ve tried a savory oatmeal lunch! Maybe you are not normally a big brussel sprout eater or you think you are not a fan of kale or collards. Don’t be afraid of experimenting. March is a great time to consider joining a CSA – this is also a fantastic way to introduce yourself to new and exciting vegetables – and like-minded people!
Please, drop us a quick note and let us know what your microwave free
week turned you on to.
Pam Maloney is a Massachusetts native living in Rhode Island and local food advocate (obviously). She's been farming-it for more than three years, and substitutes with what she calls a stoop garden – a bunch of herbs and veggies grown on her front steps. By day she is a social media strategist, by night a writer and a dinner artist. She enjoys taking pictures of her creations and sharing them with her Facebook friends.
