local flavour

I've been thinking (for half a year...) about setting up a simple website that contains links to local food sources and other cool businesses in the area. Since Jeremy gave me a kind kick in the butt a while back, it's time to start working on it. He links to a delicious looking b&b in Naramata, whose proprietors are involved in something called the Slow Food movement. I could love a group that praises slowness, rest and hospitality. Preserving us from the homogenization of food and the fast food industry? Thank goodness.

Our first committment to this type of eating - and the start of the web project - will come this weekend. We are throwing a small party for my birthday and have decided that the theme will be along the lines of "local flavour". I'm not usually big on theme parties but this will be fun and challenging.

We already have some tasty ideas that will make for an eclectic table but could use some help in the vegetable department. We didn't preserve/store any ourselves from summer, so we need to track those down. Ideas? We can eat a LOT of squash, those are still around. Then again, I'm not averse to serving large quantities of wine and cheese which are both abundantly available around here!


Stats on why it's important to seek local food (snip from Slow Food Vancouver).

Did you know that food in North America travels on average from four to seven days before it reaches the retailer? Additionally, that it has traveled over 2,400 kilometres? The impact of food production on non-renewable fossil fuel can be immense.