Food post. Yum.

[starlady]

Via jhameia, an interview with Janelle Monáe at io9.com. She is so awesome, omg.

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It occurred to me in the grocery store today that buying local is a form of economic nationalism.

Thanks to coworker L's garden I had seven Jersey tomatoes just about to turn in my fridge, so I made gazpacho. Ignore what the recipe says about hothouse English cucumbers (WTF, seriously); it's super easy and tasty with normal cucumbers. I don't even like cucumbers, and I love this recipe. (Yes, cucumbers. I hate pears too. Other than that, I'm cool.) And since I got a ridiculous amount of basil for $1.50, I think tomorrow I'll be making pesto.

I also decided to type up the NPR berry/cobbler/strawberry-rhubarb/crisp recipes, because they're hard to find on the website and this way I have them accessible if my paper copies ever go kaput. Also this way I can share them. But the heat has finally broken, albeit temporarily, so right now I'm going to go running instead.

Comments

[lilacsigil]

buying local is a form of economic nationalism.

Or seriously reducing your food miles! But yes, the jingoistic argument is used a lot here.

[starlady]

I have never really heard it used here, which is sort of surprising, though of course I'm not cognizant of the totality of civil society. I feel like it should be more common.