These are a few of my favorite things July 11th, 2007 by torimckee
I don’t know why, but my blog entry titles always seem to be lines from songs… what’s up with that?
In no particular order, here are some of my favorite things from the last few weeks:
1. Barbara Kingsolver’s book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Highly recommend it.
2. Organic strawberries from Midway Farms, grown by Farmer Cynthia’s friend (I think her name is Alice…?). The. Best. Strawberries. Ever. I haven’t tasted strawberries like this since I was in middle school and picked strawberries in the fields east of Lebanon for school clothes money. I have about five flats of these babies in my freezer to enjoy in the coming year!
3. Alsea Acre Feta cheese. Bliss. Can’t get enough of this. Available at the Corvallis Farmers’ Market, and probably other places too.
4. Sungold tomatoes. Before the end of June. Life is good.
5. The lady who sells cherries at the Corvallis Farmers’ Market. Sweet cherries, sweet lady.
6. Well, pretty much everything about the Corvallis Farmers’ Market.
7. Roasted filberts from La Mancha Farms, available at First Alternative. Fresh and delicious. And local! Great on salads. I like them with cottage cheese and halved Sungold cherry tomatoes (Andy thinks it’s gross - he won’t even try it - but I could eat this every day).
8. Fair trade sugar, available in bulk at First Alternative and in small packages at Whole Foods.
9. My new yogurt maker. Andy eats yogurt with his granola and blueberrries every morning, so I thought I’d try making some. I used some Nancy’s as a starter, and it turned out really well. I add some (local) honey and a little (fair trade, but not local) vanilla, and it’s pretty amazing stuff. I’m also pretty fond of my new ice cream maker attachment for my stand mixer. Now I just need to find some ice cream recipes that don’t use a ton of heavy whipping cream. My cholesterol can’t take it.
10. Local and seasonal cookbooks: Simply in Season by Mary Beth Lind and Corvallis author Cathleen Hockman-Wert, The Complete Vegetable Cookbook by Lorraine Bodger, Farmer John’s Cookbook - The Real Dirt on Vegetables by Farmer John Peterson and Angelic Organics, and oddly enough, The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook. I have two or three others in my To Read pile (yes, I keep them on my nightstand and read them before I go to sleep). I’ll add them to my list if I like them.