Salt sensory evalutationphoto by Val Preparation: Videos I watched this week:Anatomy of a Scene: Spike Lee re: Da 5 BloodsWhy Regenerative Organic? Patagonia, part 1Seeds of Our Ancestors, Seeds of Life with Winona LaDuke A Matter of Taste, episode of Food: … Continue Reading →
Cheese and chocolate boardPhoto by Val Preparation Cacao Farmers Taste Chocolate for the First TimeKiss the Ground, Dir. Josh Tickell #9a Tasting Lab: Chocolate Tasting of 6 different single origing/ single plantation chocolates Photos by Tabal Chocolatehttp://tabalchocolate.com/ Photos by Manoa… Continue Reading →
Lots of tomatoes and peppers for salsa makingphoto by Val Preparation: The films I watched this week are: Anatomy of a Scene prompt: Jon Chu on Crazy Rich AsiansFood Chains, Dir. Sanjay RawalSlow Food Kids: Taste“We Are Marching Against Injustice”… Continue Reading →
Fresh whole wheat buns with slow cooked pulled pork, radish apple slaw, and pickled radishPicture by Val I started this weekend off by making some quick pickled radishes.I’ve really been into combining recipes lately, and well everything I made this… Continue Reading →
Oyster platter at MaxiesPhoto by Val Preparation: This week I watched:Anatomy of a Scene prompt: The Shape of WaterPenn Cove Shellfish, TastemakersEat Like a Fish, Bren Smith. FYE Common ReadFarming While Black, Leah Penniman, EcoFarm 2020 Keynote This week I read:American Terroir, That Totten… Continue Reading →
Mimi’s Apple CrumblePhoto by Val Preparation: This week I watched:Parasite–the Power of SymbolsBotany of Desire, Dir. Michael Schwarz Environmental JusticeClimate Change from the StreetsThis week I read:https://www.garynabhan.com/news/2007/01/a-terroir-ists-manifesto-for-eating-in-place/https://bestapples.com/varieties-information/varieties/https://garynabhan.com/img/raftbook/applebklet_web-3-11.pdfAmerican Terroir, Eat MeThe Cooking Gene Ch. 8-9 #5a Tasting Lab: Apples–Raw and Cooked Mimi’s… Continue Reading →
Lakefront Brewery delivery truckPhoto by Val Preparation: This week I watched:Palm SpringsYakima Chief Hops PioneersYakima Chief Hops: 2020 Virtual HarvestFarm Tour: Coleman AgricultureFarm to Pint: Life Cycle of HopsUnderstanding the Supply ChainThis week I read:Archeaologist Jon Shellenberger’s 2017 Letter to… Continue Reading →
Preparation This week I watched:Lessons from the Screenplay prompt: Parasite–the Power of SymbolsThe RisingArtifishalDr. Kyle Whyte, Indigenous climate scholar, on “Making Kin with Climate Change.”Squaxin Island Museum TourThis week I read:Life cycle of the five Pacific salmon speciesEating guidewild caught verses… Continue Reading →
Photo by Val Preparation: This week I watched:Anatomy of a Scene prompt: Downton AbbeySeed: The Untold Story clipsRAD TV: Radicchio Seeds: Uprising SeedsThe Outsize Importance of the Tiny Organic SeedRAD TV: Radicchio Cultivation and TypesGete-Okosomin: Cool Old SquashThis week I… Continue Reading →
2019 NW Chocolate FestPhoto by Val 2019 NW Chocolate FestPhoto by Val 2019 NW Chocolate FestPhoto by Val Preparation: This week I watched:Anatomy of a Scene prompt: A Star is Born Cacao Farmers Taste Chocolate for the First TimeCacao-Trace :… Continue Reading →
