Posts Tagged food

• A Farmers Market Story - August 14th, 2009

  I was visiting Hollywood Beach, Florida. Walking on the boardwalk, I discovered Josh’s Organic Market and Juice Bar. After a totally refreshing mostly green vegetable juice, I started to look around at the vegetables themselves. They were glowing in colorful delight and something seemed a little strange. The washed out shades of veggie colors from my supermarket shopping habits were nowhere to be found. I noticed a sign said, …

• Taste without waste! - June 19th, 2009

  Wooldridge Creek Winery, in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley, is hitting a home run on the sustainability train. They’re reducing the waste of packaging bigtime. The Ashland Daily Tiding’s article, ALL THE TASTE WITHOUT THE WASTE, tells the story. Three local area restaurants (Standing Stone Brewery, Kaleidoscope Pizza, and 4 Daughters Irish Pub) are hoppin’ on the train. By the way, Wooldridge Creek passes the test on the ConsciousWine criteria.

• Organic Wine & Salmon - June 5th, 2009

  Salmon on the BBQ marinated with orange juice, garlic, soy sauce and pepper was a winner on its own. Kicking it up 3 notches was accomplished thanks to it’s outstanding complement. We’re talking about wine since this IS a wine blog! Domaine de Montlaville, Macon Villages (100% Chardonnay) from France’s Burgundy region was the wine of the night. Gorgeous balance and flavors, and truly great with this salmon and its marinade. Imported by Jenny & Francois Selections, whose wines have been nothing less than great finds and ConsciousWines to the core. $16.50/bottle. Jeff’s rating: 8.

• How I Got Started - April 1st, 2009

  My Mom & Dad went to Italy two years in a row when I was 12 & 13. That led to a bottle of wine on the dinner table every night. In high school, I was blessed with a mythology teacher who dated a friend of mines’ Mom, who was French… and of [...]