pdated: January 13, 2012
In this issue
The top food trends this year include growing more of your own food. If you don't have pots of herbs on your windowsill or some tomato plants out back, maybe it's time to get your backyard garden going? On the feature page, Down On the (Backyard) Farm gives tips for making sure you get yourself a good harvest. The adventurous will like the latter half of the article, which talks about foraging for your food.
Last month Eat Slowly had its first cookbook review. This month, as a companion to your backyard garden, it introduces you to a book about raising chickens. For those of you who are part of the Urban Chicken movement, the advice is invaluable. For the rest of us, it's a fun read. Included are invaluable tips to produce uncommonly good results with the common egg.
Attention fans of Sandy Dog: view her version of Napa Valley on the Travels With Sandy Page!
Happy travels - Christine.