Eat local

Entertaining other people is always a great excuse to show off my dietary choices.  In the past, it's been vegan diet, and then raw diet and now I'm focusing on local food.

So, Mom came to visit last week, so the menu included:

Riding my bike home has allowed me to conquer one other goal of mine. On my way, I drop in on my community markets, picking up fresh fish, kale, tomatoes, asparagus, chives and whatever I'm in the mood for. I recently cooked up some tiger prawns in garlic butter and mackerel fried with chives and pepper. I plan to have a bbq this weekend with steaks from the local butcher.

After starting my change for eating local, the July 3 Vancouver Sun Business section had an article on "Shoppers think global, then buy local". This is a business related article about the increasing sales at farmers markets and retailers such as Capers. But what I liked was the reasons that research shows why this local conscienceness is happening.

I had my second outing of collecting native berries this year and I was pleasantly surprised.