I decided to organize these from personal to international this week. Which do you like better? Choosy tasters stick to Skippy-like organic peanut butters – Grist. Jason’s very choosy about peanut butter. I tried grinding our own at Whole Foods, but it was a no go. Does anyone know—is it really necessary to refrigerate natural […]

I didn’t actually end up canning tomatoes this year, but it seems like everyone else in the world did. Maybe if I study them I’ll do it next year. Any advice? Pressure Canning Tomato Soup – Sense of Home. This is tomato soup, not straight tomatoes, so it needs to be pressure canned. I’m a […]

I read the top two articles on the same day, and they really brought into focus the fact that overuse of antibiotics is not only an animal welfare issue, but a human health issue, too. Check it out. U.S. Meat Farmers Brace for Limits on Antibiotics – New York Times. Maybe they’ll stop crowding animals […]

I’m a little obsessed with tomatoes lately. The harvest is so good this year! Preserve the Harvest – Diced Tomatoes – Healthy Slow Cooking. Maybe I should just can them for later? Tomato Sorbet – Creative Renegade. A coworker’s food blog! I think we need to borrow Sharon’s ice cream maker for this. Home Energy […]

Lots of food and bike stuff this week. You can tell what I’m thinking about…. Math Lessons for Locavores – New York Times. Obviously something grown in a local heated greenhouse is responsible for more emissions than something grown in its natural environment and transported. But greenhouses aren’t really the point of locavorism, are they? […]