By far, the most popular page on this blog is the one containing recipes, and the most popular recipe on the site is the goat cheese & spinach stuffed chicken breasts with caramelized shallot sauce. Mmm. Say that ten times fast.
I’d like to start the recipes up again — maybe not weekly, but semi-regularly — and I’d love it if anyone would like to contribute recipes that utilize local ingredients. If you have a favorite foodie blog, feel free to share that, too, and I’ll include links in the recipe posts. (mwvlocal at gmail dot com)
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I’m currently working on a page of local resources for yarn and wool. (I figured I’d start with the craft that I know something about.) After that, I’d like to expand into other art & craft areas, but I’ll need help with those, so, again… send e-mail or leave comments.
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Also, soap! I know we have local soap-makers… but, readers, how important is it to you that the ingredients within the soap are ALL locally produced? Meaning, if they source, say, goats milk locally but the other ingredients come from a supplier located elsewhere, do you still want links to them?
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Check out the story in the Gazette Times about the Cooped Up in Corvallis event on Sunday. There’s a misinformed commenter there who seems to feel that people keeping chickens are “doing what they want” regardless of impact to neighbors. I have yet to see any information that chickens negatively impact neighbors (roosters I could see being a nuisance, but those aren’t allowed). Anyway, it looks like it was a successful event, so please check out the story when you have a moment.
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Okay, that’s all for the moment!
