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Foodie blog for the weekend

Organic, food, recipes. All good. Happy weekend!

One for the weekend

For professional weekenders (those who understand the fine art of eating well, relaxing and catching up on some good reading), we give you The Amateur Gourmet. 

Enjoy.

Who can resist a noble pig?

And who can resist homemade pizza puffs? (Just skip the pepperoni, please).

How to clean your bathtub with a grapefruit & some salt

There are so many interior decor sites out there, a plethora of homey how-to blogs, and many, many foodie blogs. Which is why we like re-nest. It mixes those elements up and turns out one fabulous, interesting blog on making a chic, sustainable home.

The latest post to catch our eye is "how to clean your bathtub with a grapefruit and salt." It's an intriguing idea, and we're always eager to explore newly-discovered chemical-free cleaning options! But we have to admit we're foodies before we're cleaners, and the grapefruit ... it would be eaten.

A place where the apple pie is "haute"

There is a magical place where the apple pie is served haute (not just hot) and the gardeners aren't just gardeners - they're "new urban agrarians." In this place, there is a pantry raid every month and the fettucine alfredo won't clog your arteries - it's light and healthy (ahem ... healthier).

Where is this Utopia, you ask?

It's between the covers of the May issue of the Exchange magazine, and you can delve in right here, right now.

Photo: Stef Wade, Katie Kregel and Anne Mueller of Haute Apple Pie. Courtesy of Michael Guy Coates.

Please, sir ... can we have some more?

We've been thoroughly enjoying our Friday e-mails from Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution website. The famous chef's mission to make school lunch healthy is right up our alley, and his enthusiasm for simple, fresh, homemade food is incredibly contagious. Great recipes, fun photos and an important dialog. What's not to love? 

So we wanted to make sure none of you were missing out. If you want more Oliver, sign up here.

One man, a motorcycle and the Amazon

We're adding this to our list of must-reads: 

"I flew to the mouth of the Amazon River in a state of naïve wonder. I had never been on a cycling tour, had never traveled to Brazil, had never traveled alone, had never camped in the jungle, and my Portuguese vocabulary consisted of roughly 50 words. Needless to say my preparation included a lot of guesswork.

I was to bike the entire width of the Amazon Jungle across nearly 2,000 miles of dirt tracks, over the cold high passes of the Andes, and finally north through the barren coastal deserts to Lima, Peru over 3,000 miles away. The intention was to see firsthand the destruction of the Amazon, find the limits of my endurance, cross the continent via a rarely traversed route, and experience a piece of the world’s greatest jungle before it disappeared.

What I imagined my journey would be barely resembles what I found."

Amazon Pilgrim's blog.

It's artichoke season and I realize I've never cooked one

Artichokes are yummy. Artichokes are pretty. Artichoke dip is an oft-ordered menu item. And ... artichokes are in season. 

But how many of us walk right by these succulent wee globes at the co-op or market, unsure of how to prep them? Well, you can count me in. So I went off in search of an artichoke recipe to lure me out of my artichoke apathy, and I found this delicious-looking dish on a blog that definitely looks worthy of a weekend read... penned as it is by a Canadian foodie fellow who decided to liven up his culinary life. 

Two things about this dish cross my mind. The first is that the Pantry Raid ladies will love me for finding a quinoa-based recipe (they are quinoa-loving fools!) The second is that I am quite certain I will print this recipe and hand it to my husband who can actually cook.

~ Liz

Photo by Stella Photographs

See ... we knew we liked these ladies

The ladies at Haute Apple Pie are foodies after our own hearts. But of course, we knew that. Today, we enjoyed reading their thoughts on the eat local movement, Braise RSA (a CSA for restaurants) and urban agriculture, Growing Power-style.

A place where the apple pie is "haute"

There is a magical place where the apple pie is served haute (not just hot) and the gardeners aren't just gardeners - they're "new urban agrarians." In this place, there is a pantry raid every month and the fettucine alfredo won't clog your arteries - it's light and healthy (ahem... healthier).

Where is this Utopia, you ask? 

It's between the covers of the May issue of the Exchange magazine, and you can delve in right here, right now.