The Food Life

Here is a random (very random) collection of news tidbits that appeared (or that I found) online this week:

One Less Bremerton Breakfast place

Some sad news from the Bremerton Beat blog, August Wynn in Manette apparently has closed its doors and shut down its web site.

To market, to market?

Former Seattle Post-Intelligencer food writer Rebekah Denn wrote about a recent study on the growing number of farmers markets and asks at what level we reach the saturation point. The study, based on information collected in 2006, seems to show that with the growth in farmers markets has come a decline in sales at each of those markets.

Speaking of Farmers …

The local food movement has been growing for the past couple years, and some folks are trying to help it grow further. Early this week, The (Everett) Daily Herald reported on a farmer who is hoping to show city folk what farming is all about by starting up an agro-tourism (can I claim to coin that term?) operation at his farm. And locally, farmers looking to expand are learning a whole lot about the complex system surrounding water rights.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for … what is that?

Ice cream is delicious in so many varieties, but a couple of the flavors in a recent Women’s Day article on the top 10 innovative ice cream flavors may stray a bit from the “delicious.” I haven’t tried, so I can’t really judge, but among the flavors are caviar ice cream and candied bacon. Yeah, yeah, savory and sweet go together, but in my world, ice cream is sacredly sweet or sour or a combination of the two. Other flavors there, however, I could definitely dig my spoon into, including strawberry balsamic, bourbon and cornflake.

While not mentioned in the article, but of local interest, was that one of those unusual flavors can be found at a local ice cream shop. Mora Iced Creamery on Bainbridge carries a Goat Cheese and Fig (though it’s seasonal and not available right now), as well as other non-traditional flavors, such as lavendar, a mojito sorbet and a sabayon, which is like an egg custard with wine.

Wine Online

It’s not enough to just get together with friends for a few sips. Cue the smooth jazz: Web site Snooth has created a social network and website around wine. You can search for wine reader reviews and recommendations, and talk to other wine lovers. And yes, there’s an app for that, launched this month.

Lifehacker’s Food Week

The above find came from LifeHacker, who declared this week Food Week, where they offered plenty of links to sites that show you things from how to season a cast iron skillet to how to choose the healthiest (or unhealthiest) items at fast food restaurants. A couple of my favorite highlights: Making your own ginger ale, baking fresh bread in five minutes, and making brown bag lunches more appealing.

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