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Hello and welcome to Local Kitchen, my home-away-from-home, my virtual kitchen notebook, my Diary of a Mad Mocavore (that’s mostly-locavore, friends; like Baby Fish Mouth, soon to be sweeping the nation). I live in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley, about an hour and million light years north of the bustle of Manhattan. I eat locally, sustainably, ethically, seasonally, and I write about it here: places I have found great food, recipes I’ve loved, plants I’ve grown, kitchen disasters I’ve created (oh, there are more than a few).
There is a lot said about local eating these days: that it is expensive and elitist, that it is less efficient than centralized convential farming, that it is actually bad for the environment. One thing that doesn’t get mentioned much? Local food tastes better. Plain and simple. There are many great reasons to eat locally (check out the Why Local? page if you’re interested in hearing more), but I admit that my primary motivation is taste: never in my life have I eaten so well. Besides, I’m too poor to be elitist and too foul-mouthed to be holier than thou, so really: taste was my only option.
Come join the conversation and discover how wonderful local food can be.
~Kaela
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Recipes on Punk Domestics.
Gallery at Food Gawker.
Gallery at TasteSpotting.
Local Kitchen at Grist.
Local Kitchen at The Kitchn and here, too.
Local Kitchen at iVillage food.
Local Kitchen at Gourmet Live and again.
OMG! You rock! thank you so much for sharing all these with me, and for mentioning me personnally, and yes I will hurt you if you stop making applesauce
this site is awesome and I can’t wait to make something yummy since I’m so far from you making it for me…. Everything looks SOOOOO good
~C
Fabulous! I moved to NYC 2 years ago. Love your blog and the photos are so wonderful! Thanks for putting this together!
Great blog. I wish my butt looked like yours! You are so brave to put a picture of you butt on your blog. I am going to tune in frequently. How about checking out my blog?
I had to laugh out loud at your disdain for “EVOO.”
I think we share much of the same foodshed—I’m in CT, just east of Danbury. Nice to “meet” you.
I just found your blog through Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking, and am giddy at the prospect of reading it for many posts to come! I love your philosophy. And I totally share your feelings about “EVOO”, I feel the exact same way.
A girl after my own heart–only you live in the city. Awesome! My mom wasn’t a good cook either–in fact she hated it. I will never open up a can of green beans from the supermarket ever again. Keep up the good work and have fun doing it!
Oh, I see that you don’t live in the city at all….sorry. But good on ya nonetheless.
Best wishes!
I just found your blog and I have enjoyed reading many of your posts!
I have to admit, what drew me to take a look, was the above picture of the floured hand-print. I started my blog back in November and since then, I’ve been doing a lot of brain-storming, trying to come up with ideas for photos that would well represent the essence of my blog.
My boyfriend’s idea was a flour hand-print, also on a butt, but a PVC covered rear-end instead of denim. So you can see why I appreciate your photo! lol
I have subscribed to your blog and look forward to future entries. I have been researching and reading a lot lately about eating locally and sustainably so I appreciate where you are coming from!
Cheers!
Thanks, au contraire, and welcome! As for the flour-printed butt.. well, they always say to photograph your best side!
so glad to find your site. I am a long time cook but trying to be more locally concious. recently moved to NE Vermont and planning my first garden here. I grew up in the Hudson Valley and have enjoyed comparing your locavore experiences to mine. Cheers!
hey! i haven’t been on your about page in a while and i am so glad i came by again. i love the update, and the press section. good on you!
Just started canning and preserving after a few years of having my own garden and a recent foray into composting. Great recipes and I’m a huge fan of the When Harry Met Sally quote. Looking forward to reading more!
Just stumbled across your blog while searching for apple recipes to use up the last of my season’s pickings! Loving some of the recipes I’ve seen so far and will be back to check out the rest for sure! Now, what to do with the glut of tomatos on my vines about to ripen….
Hi Uku,
Welcome! If you scroll all the way down on the “Preserves” page (under Recipes) and you’ll see a bunch of tomato preserving options: roasted or pureed, sauce, salsa, spicy, etc. Must say I’m envious as my few plants did not produce much this year.
Kaela
Cheers I’ll take a look. Currently drying out in the oven for the past two hours are two racks of halved cherry tomatos!
Looking forward to following along. Posting about a mocavore (love the new word) life from the mid Atlantic is my current passion.
So glad that I found your blog…You are right about local! I am a “nut” about our local farmer’s markets!
I’m glad you did too! Welcome!
Hi Kaela
I absolutely love what you’re doing here so I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Keep up the fantastic work
Fiona
http://bighungrygnomes.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/the-versatile-blogger-award/
Thanks so much, Big Hungry Gnomes! I’m honored.