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Thursday, May 24th, 2007For lunch today, I ate most of the cheese I bought yesterday. I wish I had noted where I bought it from, because it’s heavenly; creamy and studded with caraway seeds, I had to force myself to tuck the rest away for later.
And why do I need to do that? Because I feel like […]
ELC Day 3
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007I have just returned home from the Union Square Greenmarket with the following:
- another Fizzy Lizzy soda ($1.69 at Whole Foods)
- a loaf of bread ($4.00)
- dandelion greens and spinach ($5.00)
- turkey sausage because the turkey thighs were so good ($9.20 for about 1.5 lbs)
- grape tomatoes ($3.50)
- cheese (about .3 lbs for $7.00)
- a […]
ELC Day 1: At the grocery store.
Monday, May 21st, 2007Well, with all this iced coffee I’ve been drinking, I’m really blowing through the milk. The Columbia Greenmarket didn’t have any (or was gone by the time I got there) yesterday, and evidently, on Mondays, the only Greenmarket in Manhattan is Union Square.
Instead, I went to Frank’s Gourmet Market and bought the following:
a chocolate […]
Some thoughts on ELC before I start
Sunday, May 20th, 2007While I was cooking just now, I realized why $121 seems like both too much and not enough to spend on food for the week.
It seems like far too much because I never spend anything close to $121 on groceries every week — $75, maybe $95, but not as much as $121. But, then […]
ELC: Day 1 (sort of)
Sunday, May 20th, 2007I just came back from the Columbia Greenmarket (Broadway between 114th and 115th Streets), where I bought the following:
about 4 lbs. boneless, skinless turkey thighs
3 lbs. apples
a small bunch of asparagus
a loaf of bread
a dozen eggs
Grand total: $19.85
More specifically:
The turkey was $2.20/lb, for a total of $8.90.
The apples and asparagus were $5.95.
The bread was […]
Countdown to Eat Local Challenge
Friday, May 18th, 2007First, let me say, I am in a cooking — and blogging — rut.
My kitchen started to fall into disarray while my mother-in-law was visiting: the sink and counter filled with dishes, the floor became a dumping ground for the stuff we bought while she was here. It fell even further into decay when […]
Hiatus: over.
Friday, May 11th, 2007Do you know how much stuff I’ve been doing lately? It’s crazy. Let me sum up, list-style:
I got sick. For like, a full week. This never happens.
The house fell into a shambles.
I started tidying up and the kid got whatever I had.
She got over it, then I had to embark on mad cleaning spree.
My mother-in-law […]
Good news/Bad news
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Good! Saturday’s Taste of Chinatown was as excellent as ever, and I have photos (although less than I took last time) to show for it. Meanwhile, you can read my post about Pinkberry (where we went after ToC Saturday) on Accidental Hedonist.
Bad! I’m not going to do the Eat Local Challenge — not this week, […]
Eat Local: Test Run
Monday, April 16th, 2007After spending six hours of my Saturday hearing how totally awesome (and spit-take expensive) The New School’s programs are, I ran a little reconnaissance mission through the Union Square Greenmarket, seeing as I was just a couple blocks away anyway. It being Saturday — the day when the most vendors are there — I figured […]
Eat Local? Uh…
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007I’m starting to get a little uneasy about the the Pennywise Eat Local Challenge.
For starters, look at the Harvest Calendar for the Greenmarkets. Go ahead, put your finger on April and trace it all the way down.
Root vegetables and apples.
And maybe mesclun.1 Great.
So, I did some looking around on the Eat Local […]
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