Triangle Localista

{Eat Local} Of Picnics and Cookouts

Triangle Localista — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:13:15 +0000

As we prepare for a long holiday weekend, market shopping lists fill with ingredients to make dishes suitable for the outdoor dining season. If you’ve not yet dusted off the grill, this weekend promises to be just about perfect grilling…

{Eat Local} Quick, Simple and Deliciously Fresh

Triangle Localista — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:51 +0000

Some weeks are busy and the task of meal planning, writing out a shopping list, and prepping a lot of ingredients just can’t be squeezed into the daily agenda. These are the times when I create minimalist-type dishes and meals using…

{Eat Local} For Mother’s Sake

Triangle Localista — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:41:51 +0000

If your mother is anything like mine, dinner always includes something home grown, whether freshly picked from the garden or pulled from the shelf of canned goods put up in the last season. One of my favorite family meal memories…

Beat the Gray Gloomies with Pretty Posies

Triangle Localista — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:35:16 +0000

This hasn’t been our “normal” Spring. Cooler with more gray than blue skies. At least it feels that way. The one bright spot I’ve found is in the selection of fresh cut flowers available at the markets this season. I…

Showers of Flowers

Triangle Localista — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:32:28 +0000

Spring gardeners have been busy these last couple of weeks, prepping garden beds for new seedlings, now that last frost dates have passed. For those of us still seeking horticultural inspiration for our garden patches and patios, tours of several…

{Eat Local} From Farm to Market

Triangle Localista — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:26:15 +0000

The big Piedmont Farm Tour weekend is upon us once again! Farm fans will pack cars filled with family and friends April 27th & 28th (1 to 5 pm both days) and travel around the Triangle to see working farms. The “connection” between…

Make Time to Linger Artfully

Triangle Localista — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:55:48 +0000

This Saturday, April 27th, is Slow Art Day, a global effort to help people discover and experience art in a way they might not have previously. Though no slow art event has been organized at the North Carolina Museum of…

{Eat Local} Pig Pickin’ Anyone?

Triangle Localista — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:15:33 +0000

Last weekend I had high hopes of snagging some strawberries and asparagus. Alas, I just didn’t arrive early enough on Saturday morning at my nearest market. BUT the Durham Farmers’ Market Wednesday afternoon market was my salvation, at least partially.…

{Shop Local} It’s a short drive to unWined

Triangle Localista — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:10:02 +0000

North Carolina wineries now number more than 100 and span roughly 550 miles from coast to mountains. Yet one doesn’t have to go very far to purchase wines from about a third of those wineries. Drive just five miles south…

{Eat Local} A Season of Pinks and Greens

Triangle Localista — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:00:37 +0000

I‘ve been waiting and watching for the familiar colors of my two favorite Spring produce items: deep pink shades of strawberry and the pale mossy green of asparagus shoots. I’ve been pestering my mom in Elon, inquiring about the status…