Category Archives: One Local Summer

Using Your CSA Vegetables – a Mouth From The South Project

I’ve encouraged a lot of my friends to join CSAs. For those of you not familiar with them, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. You basically buy a share from a farmer at the beginning of the growing season and … Continue reading

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Facing the cruelty behind my cooking

The Clinch River is one of my favorite places in Tennessee. Sure – It's a creation of TVA and that in itself is a strike against it. But it's such a beautiful place that I find even that can't diminish … Continue reading

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One Local Summer – Week Ten

The idea of eating locally being difficult this time of year makes me laugh, especially when I would really have to work to eat a mainly non-local diet.  It's been pretty hot here so most of our meals have been … Continue reading

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One Local Summer – Week Nine

This week has been a very hectic week so I'm going to just give a quick re-cap now and post recipes later this week. We've eaten tons of tomato salads.  Red peppers are finally getting ripe and we've been stuffing … Continue reading

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One Local Summer – Week 8

I don't think we've had a meal this week that hasn't included some kind of local produce.  When the bulk of your grocery bill is spent at the farmer's market, it's difficult to get too esoteric with your cooking.  Sure, … Continue reading

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