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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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      A Market Meet-Up with Michael McCarty

      A shopping and eating adventure with a world-renowned chef and restaurateur: Michael’s Market Meet-Ups — where friends, food and flavor come together.
      Chef Michael McCarty is hailed as a pioneer of the California Cuisine movement that began in the early 1980s.  He and a group of California chefs started sourcing [...]

      My Grandmother’s Garden (Part 6)

      My great-grandmother, Ora Goodman, and her garden, were the impetus for me to start writing this blog.  She was a major influence all through my childhood.  She lived a ‘local’ life without realizing she was doing so.  She simply lived her life.  This [...]

      Recipe: Sun-Warmed Beefsteak Tomatoes

      Sun-Warmed Beefsteak Tomatoes
      The key to this dish is that the rest of the meal must already be on the table before it is prepared.
      Ingredients
      Fresh, ripe, garden Beefsteak tomatoes, or farmers market, organic tomatoes
      Olive oil
      Fresh ground pepper & salt
      Method
      The tomatoes should be warm and fragrant from the sun, just picked if possible.  As everyone begins [...]

      Artisanal L.A.

      “Living life locally” is a catchphrase for this blog.  100 miles is a theme I try to follow.  Regular readers know very well that I often venture way beyond 100 miles but the idea of “local” is still of paramount importance to me and what I write about.  This is why I’m such a huge [...]

      *The Local Report – Gingergrass

      2.3 miles, about 7 minutes from my home in Atwater Village.
      Hungry!  Need.  Food.  Now.  There are times when eating becomes the thing I have to do before anything else.  Knowing of close-to-home restaurants is of paramount importance to me.  Luckily, there’s a plethora of places in my Atwater Village-Silver Lake neighborhood to choose [...]