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Welcome to 100 Miles, an exploration of sustaining life by going no further away than 100 miles to gather the things we need to live. This web log is my journal of food-based experiences, memories, thoughts, and recipes. I hope you enjoy reading it. To subscribe, so as not to miss each new edition, please enter your email address.

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      An Appreciation: Chef René Verdon

      Julia Child wasn’t the only person to introduce America to French food.  Often when something is suddenly in vogue, it’s a combination of events that contributes to the cultural sea change.
      René Verdon, June 29, 1924 – February 2, 2011
      Chef René Verdon died two weeks ago at age 86.  I knew who he was.  I knew [...]

      A Chicken In Every Pot

      If only this were true.  ‘A chicken in every pot.’  A quotation I’ve heard all my life.  A phrase, a string of words, that is full of hope.  For some reason over this recent holiday period I started thinking about this in earnest.  I’m not sure why exactly.  The current political climate.  The financial disaster.  [...]

      Review: Mary Mac’s Tea Room

      Mary Mac’s Tea Room: 65 Years of Recipes from Atlanta’s Favorite Dining Room.  John Ferrell.  Andrews McMeel Publishing.  $27.99  (208p)  ISBN: 978-0-7407-9338-7
      Recipes that don’t call for fancy seasoned salts, or Madagascar peppercorns?  Is there something wrong here?  No, of course not.  I was reminded when reading and cooking from Mary Mac’s Tea Room that a [...]

      A Garden at the White House

      The first day of Spring was last Friday, March 20th. It was also the day that First Lady Michelle Obama and a group of D.C. schoolchildren broke ground on the new (yet returning) White House vegetable garden or, as some have been calling it, ‘America’s Garden’.
      I first heard mention of a garden at the White [...]