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      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 [...]

      Review: The Good Neighbor Cookbook

      The Good Neighbor Cookbook: 125 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Surprise and Satisfy the New Moms, New Neighbors, Recuperation Friends, Community-Meeting Members, Book Club cohorts, and Block Party Pals in Your Life!  Sara Quessenberry and Suzanne Schlosberg.  Andrews McMeel Publishing.  $16.99.  (208p)  ISBN: 978-0-7407-9355-4
      Neighborliness is seemingly a lot art to most of us.   A cookbook [...]