Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Bees
Alison's most recent post on Ithaca's Food Web highlights the movie Queen of the Sun, which is a wonderful commentary on the plight of the honeybee and the threat to pollination in the United States. I recommend Alison's post for an excellent summary of the film, and encourage you to think about the origins of your honey - most honey, it seems, contains pesticides (injected into hives to kill mites) and can contain high fructose corn syrup (given to industrial bees to stimulate honey production). If you care about these things, check out this film and think about the origins of your sweet treats.
I have done just a little bit of research into honey and found that Purest Honey Apiaries sells chemical and antibiotic-free honey, but I am overwhelmed by choices. So, I would appreciate any information or suggestions you readers may have!
Kodiak Cuisine
Warning: For those of you who don't like hunting or eating animals, I advise that you stop reading here 'cause this post contains photos of hunting.
Otherwise: For those of you into meat eating, this is a sweet post!
Otherwise: For those of you into meat eating, this is a sweet post!
I had the great joy of making a trip to Kodiak, Alaska this past week, where I attended the Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium and spent the week living with good friends Patrick, Zoya, and their kids (click here to check out their blog about life in Kodiak). They were wonderful and generous hosts, as always. We have an enthusiastic blog follower in Patrick, and he made it his mission to give me as much local Kodiak food as he could - and he delivered! The selections were all protein, since local vegetable material is pretty tough to come by in Kodiak in the summer, let alone in April. In fact, Zoya went to Safeway one afternoon and found there were no vegetables to be had, even in the grocery store.
As I've described in earlier posts, Patrick is a hunter and provides all the meat his family eats. This includes elk, venison, and mountain goat in various forms, as well as canned salmon and other fish. Patrick has completely altered my opinion of hunting and has broadened my vision of what meat-eating can be. I look forward to the spoils of his hunts each time I go to Kodiak, and I am in awe of the amount of work and skill that goes in to pursuing, dressing, and carrying a large animal out of the field. Below are a series of photos showcasing what we ate this week...as with everything else we eat, I think it's important to know where our meat comes from, and it can't get much more real than this. If you're interested in getting more detail, watch Patrick's video of field dressing a deer. It's amazing - and not gory - and was shown in the Kodiak Film Festival this year. I treasure my trips to Alaska, and this was one of the best!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Maine's Maple Syrup Weekend
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Wedding Local
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