Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Wed, 01/29/2014 – 11:03am While I was on vacation, I made an effort to only eat local cuisine – or at least I tried. The typical breakfast was an omelette, with tomato and onion, either next to toast or as a sandwich. This would be accompanied by a mug of instant […]
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Grilling
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Tue, 06/17/2014 – 10:14am Last year, The Land Connection was putting out a recipe a week for 26 weeks as part of our Farm Fresh Now! guide to in-season eating. These are all archived on our website, so you can still read all about cool things to do with some […]
Happy National Farmers’ Market Week!
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Mon, 08/04/2014 – 3:43pm August 2nd through 9th marks National Farmers’ Market week! Surely you’ve seen the new stamps, decorated with the sort of bounty one might find in late summer or early autumn in central Illinois. And with close to 350 markets just in Illinois, there is NO excuse […]
my imagination hurts
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Thu, 03/20/2014 – 4:02pm This morning, I texted one of my friends “my imagination hurts.” One of the big projects we are working on now is a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant to help farmers use social media in their marketing. As part of this, we are creating five monthly […]
Out Beyond the Neon Lights
Submitted by Magdalena Caspe… on Mon, 03/16/2015 – 9:49am Neon lights reflected off wet pavement. There’s something about it that puts me in mind of a noir detective novel. All I need is a trench coat, fedora and an office in a sketchy walk-up with my name painted on frosted glass. I can imagine it […]
Roasty Toasty Tofus
Submitted by Magdalena Caspe… on Fri, 01/16/2015 – 1:30pm Last weekend, when I was shopping – while hungry – at the coop, I picked up a tub of fresh tofu. Because yolo tofu. And I had big plans for dinners this week.Figuring out how to use tofu at home was always challenging – quite frankly, […]
