Food: Green Party

Food: Green Party

by | Jun 10, 2010 | Food + Booze

Though prized in countries such as Belgium, France and Poland, where bunches of sorrel greens are sold at produce stands and planted in gardens, this hardy perennial green is not well known outside Europe. Sometimes called sour grass, the tart, arrow-shaped leaves,...
Farm Art

Farm Art

by | Oct 21, 2010 | Food + Booze

“Hey, you got your art in my food.” “You got your food in my art!” These two great tastes have been colliding in unexpected places across the Valley this fall. Through its Table for Ten campaign, Museums10—a consortium of local...

Food & Drink: Besides Coffee

by | Jun 4, 2010 | Food + Booze

Say “a hot drink with a rich, roasted flavor,” and most folks think coffee, not roasted grains or roots. But grain beverages have been used for thousands of years; they’re traditional in Korea and Japan. Western cultures have used roots and grains as...
The Great Jerk Chicken Quest

The Great Jerk Chicken Quest

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Food + Booze

“Stop! We’re going the wrong way!” I yelled as cars and buses came to a screeching halt. That’s how our latest trip to Jamaica started as we left the airport in Montego Bay and drove into a rotary going the wrong direction. Who knew that when...