What a good weekend. On Thursday night I actually said, "I dont feel like I need to get out this weekend." I had a bunch of stuff to do that was pressing on me. So, we scrapped our camping trip to the mountains and stayed home. Friday Chris was out with her friend Lisa at the bookstore and Lisa recommended Alice Water's The Art of Simple Food. We actually didn't have a general how to do most everything basic cookbook. And this one is great. Since reading B. Kingsolver's "Animal Vegetable Miracle" we've been trying to eat more locally and generally get the carbon footprint down on our food. Eating locally generally means there's been less fuel put into shipping. Though there are some interesting wrinkles in the concept. Any way, I also got to meet with a guy from Acre Gourmet last spring. He told me all about how they source their food locally and get to have personal relationships with small operator farmers. So, beyond the certified label's for Organic or Free Trade, they actually have the bonus of personal relationships. He feels this really enriches the human environment by building direct relationships instead of consumer/middleman.../supplier business relationships that are less personal. There could be something to that. Saturday morning we made it to the Alamany Farmers Market. What a wonderful time. It was insanely crowded, but we expected that. There was an old lady playing the saw with a dancing wooden cat. No kidding. I had a delightful pork tamale and we picked up a load of food. Back home, we a really simple dish from A.Water's book - a squash and penne pasta. Tasteee
