If Janie Burns and Amy Hutchinson hadn’t organized the project called “2011: The Year of Idaho Food,” I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to spend the last 12 months sipping gin at 8:30 in the morning (well, once), foraging for stinging nettles in the forests of McCall, riding in a big-ass wheat combine on...
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In the pre-dawn December darkness, Mary Rohlfing nodded toward a familiar silhouette perched in a tree on the edge of her Boise farm. As if on cue, a great horned owl let loose a burst of hoots as Rohlfing pulled on gloves, preparing for her morning chores. “Now that it’s getting a little bit...
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On Saturday, the last farmers’ market of the 2011 season was held in downtown Boise, wrapping up the largest farmers’ market season ever held in Idaho—measured by the sheer number of markets opened this year around the state. Here’s a glimpse at the final days of the Capital City Public Market.
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There are still two months left in 2011: the Year of Idaho Food, and what better way to honor the occasion than with a Thanksgiving table laid with the best of what’s produced right in our own state? You’ll be getting the freshest of what’s available, and you’ll be supporting our local growers, processors, producers...
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My neighbors and I wanted to honor “Day of Idaho Food” so we all decided to host a “Hood” progressive dinner focusing on the bounty of Idaho’s amazing foods. The rules were that each family participating had to bring to the table something local. It could be homemade, or locally found, along with a...
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The day of Idaho Food was celebrated on Labor Day as 37 people gathered at the 100 year old farm house in Garden Valley to eat local food, share stories, recipes and lots of desserts. Highlights of the event included chevre goat cheese made by 10 year old Zoey Foote. Zoey bought her goat...
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Here’s the full list of the foods people ate yesterday, on The Day of Idaho Food. Although the plan was to ask folks to include at least one Idaho-grown item in their menus, you’ll see that many of them found it easy enough to make their menus all-Idaho and nearly always local. And the...
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