January 2011 Entries
The Public Kitchen:
For Angelenos serious about eating local, McGrath Family Farms in Camarillo offers a delicious opportunity: Farm tours that let locavores see exactly where and how their organic produce is grown. It's home-grown education -- five generations of it -- whether for children who wonder if carrots grow on trees or adults who hope to pick up organic gardening ideas.
The Public Kitchen:
It's only in season for one, maybe two more weeks, but if you can get your hands on it, here's a drink worth trying: a margarita made from the juice of a sarawak grapefruit.
First Meal after his Afghanistan Deployment? Bisquick Balls
January 6, 2011 11:45 PM
by Zach Behrens
The Public Kitchen:
After a tour in Afghanistan, Marine Staff Sgt. Tim Gallagher had a particular request when he returned to his Camp Pendleton home last November: sausage cheese balls.
The Public Kitchen:
On the mainland, you may never encounter it, but if you head to any bar on Catalina Island, you're likely to see Buffalo Milk featured on the menu. No, it's not what you're thinking.
The Public Kitchen:
When Audrey Kovács launched her cooking blog last summer, she had no idea that it would become so widely read. In fact, The Belly Rules the Mind: 365 Days of Food now has some 8,500 followers on Tumblr, a microblogging website, and is listed at the top of the service's food directory.
Burnt-onion Collard Greens from Jimmy Williams, Hayground Organic Gardening
January 4, 2011 2:45 PM
by Siel Ju
The Public Kitchen:
Many an L.A. vegetable garden got their start at Hayground Organic Gardening, a Silver Lake-based organic nursery that brings seedlings and saplings to shoppers at the Hollywood and Santa Monica farmers markets.
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