My wife and I have always been advocates of good food. We try to eat a lot of local food, we get our veggies mostly from a local CSA farm and we get our beef from a local farm as well. We get to know where our food comes from and what went into it.
Over the past year, I have been getting more and more into the eat local craze. Much of this was the result of Michael Pollan’s books: The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food.I believe these books are a must read and should be added to everyone’s personal education.
I fall off the bandwagon every so often, I admit it – I have an addiction to CheeseIts. My New Year’s resolution (first one I have had in years) will be to eat far more locally. You have to be practical, good luck finding local peppercorns or other spices. However there is no excuse other than laziness for buying in-season produce and meat from anyone other than a local producer.
To keep me focused on my resolution, I have decided to start a 100 Mile Dinner Club, based on the 100 Mile Diet that had been getting a lot of buzz lately. I’ll keep you posted on how it goes. The basic idea is that:
- a group of friends will rotate hosting duties once a month
- everything in the dinner, including the wine, must be raised, grown or caught within 100 miles of the host’s home
- there are a few exceptions, most notably salt and pepper
I am excited about this endeavour. I hope I discover many local treasures. We’ll see how it goes.
