smitten kitchen...new food blog

I have recently been getting acquainted with Smitten Kitchen a blog about "fearless cooking from a tiny kitchen in New York City." The recipe of the day is a pancetta, asparagus and potato hash. Great base for many dishes I suspect.

Enjoy....http://smittenkitchen.com/

If only I could take this class...

What happens when you bring together a farm, sustainable practices and media production? A class at the University of San Francisco called Green Media (http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/2010/01/green-media-spring-10.html). There are some great pictures of the garden and the student meals. The syllabus includes breakfast, lunch and dinner--no, seriously! The faculty member David Silver recently spoke at an recent event.

Cultural authenticity

A few fun quotes from the New York Times Magazine...."just as bushy beards and Hunter books have captured the pastoral fantasies for the urban fashion tribe, a taste for field and stream is driving the travel avant-garde. Nowadays, rural pleasures--whether it's picking your own asparagus or indulging your inner ranger--have given rise to a new breed of back-to-the-land destinations."

The article continues to talk of "agritourism and "wwoofers" (worldwide opportunities on Organic farms-wwoofusa.org).

and finally...."considering that half of american travelers say they're looking for "cultural authenticity"...it's not hard to see how fetching eggs from the coop seems thrillingly real, even revelatory. "

Ah...New York...

Spring, just around the corner, right?

The rain and warm temperatures are hinting on spring. The grass is beginning to look green around the edges.
Soon it will look like this...

CSAs on Splendid Table

Listen to a short piece on CSAs:

Read more at: http://www.biodynamics.com/csa1.html or http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

Work continues on PWG site

We are working on updating the main Patchwork Green Farm site. Check it out at http://www.patchworkgreen.com

First post!

This is my first post on my blog. Yay!