Posted in Farmers' Market, Green, Loco for Locavores, Organic, Recipes, Tips, real food, tagged espresso, Farmers' Market, real food on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I hear three complaints about real food that drive me nuts:
1. It’s not affordable
2. It takes too long to prepare
3. You need to be a good cook to make it appealing
So while pulling together dinner tonight, a regular Monday night with work and kid activities, it occurred to me that the meal [...]
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I promised some recipes from yesterday’s market haul. I was tempted to skip this post, thinking it to be in the category of “preaching to the choir”. But this morning I attended a planning meeting for Slow Food Triangle, where I learned from others’ experiences that sharing ideas on how to use fresh [...]
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Posted in Recipes, tagged Coffee, espresso, cappuccino, chocolate, hot pepper, cayenne, vosges, la perruce, ibarra, maple view farm, milk, pottery, barista on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Admittedly, I’m not much of a barista. Chef, yes. Baker - sometimes. Barista, not so much. My favorite fix is usually a straight ristretto (or three) of Cafe Terrace. When I’m cupping a lot, sometimes I’m inclined to pull out a vacuum pot to brew up an exquisite Yirgacheffe. [...]
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Posted in Brew-In, Loco for Locavores, tagged beer, Brew-In, brew-in I, brewing, Coffee, espresso, friends, grand opening, party, roasting on March 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Alcohol, open flame, high voltage and unlimited espresso, all laid down to a country music soundtrack. You can’t get this in Corporate America, folks. You know it’s a good party when it starts at 10 AM with somebody handing you a drink they claim is “a good morning beer” (probably in direct violation of some [...]
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Jonesing for a fix of that great espresso or a little cappuccino like you had over there? Our new (well, new to the website) Café Terrace espresso blend brewed in the Bialetti Dama will fix you right up.
The Thanksgiving Blend is back, too, but not for long, can’t keep that darn Kona in inventory.
Keep [...]
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