Seattle Local Food

Ground lamb continues to be one of my favorite ingredients.  It’s fatty, versatile, delicious, available from local farms, and a compliment to great spices or a comforting flavor on its own. These breakfast patties are full of Persian-influenced flavors: cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, saffron, and parsley.  They’re great with yogurt or fresh sheep-milk cheese, with [...]

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Looks like raw milk at Madison Market isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.  And, the word is, Dungeness Valley Creamery is going to be the third dairy whose milk will be sold there.  Yay, Madison Market!

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Have you walked into PCC lately and noticed the absence of raw milk? I have, and was disappointed to learn PCC has followed the steps of Whole Foods and halted raw milk sales. Their media blurb about the change is here. Nobody in Washington State has, to my knowledge, recently gotten sick from raw milk. [...]

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Joel Salatin, creator of Polyface Farm (featured in the Omnivore’s Dilemma and Food, INC) and author of many books about innovative, sustainable agriculture, is speaking at a few events in Seattle on April 20th. Frustratingly, they’re all pretty expensive. The following is a repost from the CAGJ (Community Alliance for Global Justice) email alerts. Joel [...]

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A few weeks ago, I made an enormous batch of nettle pesto, using probably two and a half pounds of fresh nettles. My freezer is well stocked with containers of green deliciousness. I spread some of the pesto on some broiled salmon for Passover this year, and await many future uses. But when I was [...]

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Locavores in Seattle will soon be able to get yet another staple of the day produced 100% locally: Their coffee. A partnership originally between Starbucks, Tully’s, Vivace and Puget Sound Fresh gained support from surprise partners Microsoft and Monsanto, meaning coffee beans will soon be growing right here in King County, both on the Redmond [...]

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