Novel Eats

This last weekend we went camping for the first time in about seven or eight years. We’re not big on camping – or rather, I am not big on camping. I’ve done it a lot throughout my life, and most trips I’ve gotten sick, been rained on, have been very cold and the entire time [...]

For the past eight years, I have loathed buying too many groceries at once because of how heavy they can get to carry. When you’re a full-time pedestrian it’s hard to realistically shop at places like Costco or Sam’s Club. If it makes sense, you’ll have your own little push cart, often known as a [...]

A couple of weeks ago when we went strawberry picking at Boxx Berry Farm, we also had the fortunate opportunity to pick some vegetables from a small farm called Half Acre Farm located on the same property. They had a variety of vegetables ready, but we decided to pick only a couple of items – [...]

One of the reasons why we decided to move to the Pacific Northwest is because of the great investment made into local agriculture up here. When we visited here in October 2007, still as New Yorkers, we immediately fell in love with the grapefruit-sized onions, the sweet crunchy apples and the flavorful tomatoes. After that [...]