A couple weeks ago I went on a wild-food walk near Coyle, Oklahoma. The rain let up enough for our hard-core group (or just hard-core nerds) to pile into the back of a 4×4 pick-up to hunt pokeweed, lamb’s quarters, ramps, mushrooms, yarrow, mullein, horsetail, yucca, river reed, heals-all, and Iowa sage. After the walk, [...]
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Wild Food Walk
Posted in Events, Experimenting, Local on June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Oklahoma Arts and Crafts
Posted in Events, Local on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hey, Oklavores! Support that Okie DIY spirit and check out Deluxe—an indie craft bazaar—on December 6th at the Farmers’ Public Market. It’s hosted by the OKEtsy Street Team and House of Craft. And oh-my-gosh, it’s going to be so awesome! Crafty ones: get busy and fill out an application to book a booth. Applications are [...]
Food for Thought
Posted in Big Food, Eating Out, Events, In the News on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night was Green Drinks at Trattoria il Centro (beware of the music on the Trattoria site). This time we learned a bit about permaculture and organic gardening in Oklahoma. There was also a seed exchange; I traded purple coneflower seeds for an awesome book on off-grid living and some cucumber, cherry tomato, and cinnamon [...]
Wild Food Walk
Posted in Events, Experimenting, Local, Vegetarian Friendly on April 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Yesterday I attended a foraging class and wild food walk co-taught by herbalist, Pam Ferry, and life-long forager, Jackie Dill. Pam shared medicinal uses for many of the plants we identified, and Jackie helped us identify “weeds” that are edible.
Swanky Supper
Posted in Eating Out, Events on April 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last night I got to go to The Coach House! A group of coworkers and I went for a Made in Oklahoma Coalition event. It was a delicious meal with excellent service. We even got to hear from Chef Kurt on where some of the food came from. The restaurant was dark and cozy. It [...]
Aw, shucks.
Posted in Events, Meat, Media, Status Quo on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night I shared laughs with some new friends at Trattoria il Centro, enjoyed an arugula pizza, and established that the movie we were about to go see was definitely not about The Corndog Man. We headed over to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art to watch the documentary King Corn and hear a panel [...]
