Melissa McEwen

This blog is about the intersection between evolutionary biology and food. But also about practical applications, sustainable agriculture, and general tasty things. I originally started eating this way to heal from chronic health problems and...it worked!

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My Diet: Good, local, whole foods. Mostly meat, fish, and vegetables with some traditional whole grains and legumes.

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Farmers Market Sweep

04/09/2010 - 08:48

Making laaaaard

Sunday, April 11, 7:30-10pm
Farmers Market Sweep
Littlefield
622 Degraw St., Brooklyn
Tickets, $12 in advance, $15 at the door
Bikeloc, a team of cycling locavore enthusiasts will take their love for the local food movement on the road this summer in a cross-country bike tour of small farms. Meet the mend behind the madness at a local food trivia night, Farmers Market Sweep, aka Brooklyn’s first food-themed game show. Aaron Zueck and Robert DuBois of Bikeloc, Louisa Shafia author of Lucid Food, Ava Chin of the New York Times, Joanna Shaw Flamm, editor of spoonandtrowel.com as well other prominent foodies will go head-to-head in a battle for the title of Champion Locavore.

The game show will be followed by the savory sounds of Smoothe Moose Laboratories featuring Brooklyn based cellist and electronic musician Cosmo D who will be serving it up with beat master DJ Saucy Crotch. If you’re interested in making a local snack for the event, please contact Aaron at

aaron@bikeloc.org

for details.

I'll be competing. We'll see if the bachelors in agriculture was worth it.

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Wheels For Health

04/04/2010 - 10:33

Want to know what's in season? Interested in seeing what foods you can look forward to next month at your local farmer's market? A local foods wheel is an attractive addition to your kitchen that can answer these questions.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be one for every region, but perhaps some commenters can point me to more.

Jessica Prentice's wheels are beautiful with bright colors and wonderful illustrations. She has two: one for the SF Bay Area and another for NY Metro Area. Comparing them is fairly depressing, I'm admittedly jealous of the year round bounty in San Francisco. The NY one has the addition of a larder, which shows foods available year round like beef, so you can feel better when you turn the wheel to December and only see some turnips.

Chew On This also has a NY Wheel, which is much more detailed since the creator lives in NYC, but less colorful. The Forty Culinary Herbs wheel is the real treasure, as it shows herbs you never would have thought to use and different ways to use and preserve them. It's a great way to find ideas for a simple quick supper as it shows what herbs go best with various ingredients like poultry or fish. I've been cooking with lots of fresh herbs lately and also growing them myself. I don't think I'll be able to grow all forty in my apartment though!