Food for Thoughts

I thought I'd share this short trailer for Joel Salatin's new documentary: Fresh the Movie.  Joel and his unique sustainable farming practices were featured in Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma and Robert Kenner's movie Food, Inc.  Works like these do the important job of educating us all about where our food comes from and why we should care.  




Today I discovered evidence that the message is having an impact:  a new Bill the Butcher store opened up in my Greater Seattle neighborhood.  They offer a wide range of meat and poultry (and other gourmet items), all of which were produced locally using sustainable farming practices.  The local store is managed by Scott, a classically-trained chef who eagerly plies you with delicious samples while telling you about where they came from.  We left with some grass-fed beef that became our dinner--it was intensely flavorful, a cut above anything we could have bought at any of our usual places.  Bill's is going to be our butcher from now on.


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Worthy Read

It has been hot as hell here, which means that about the only thing I feel like doing is reading. I have been making my way through Gluten-Free Girl by Shauna James Ahern--more like inhaling it actually. Shauna is the author of an awesome blog: Gluten-Free Girl. I am already 2/3 of the way done and I just started it two days ago. It makes for a very interesting read even for people who are not Celiacs. In the book, she discusses her journey from suffering without a diagnosis to embracing the discovery that she had Celiac Disease. She writes in a fun, light, friendly and yet passionate manner about her love for food, and how it was expended and not limited by her health. Seattle has a lot to offer food-wise and she brings it home to you in a delightful way.