By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet My CSA (community supported agriculture) box is brimming with eggplants this year. When I unpack it, there are all shapes and colors of eggplant that dance…
Category: Food
Shop at the Docks: A Seafood and Fisheries Connection at the Port of Garibaldi, Friday Aug. 24
OIOpublisher This August, Food Roots came together with friends at Garibaldi Cultural Heritage Initiative, the Port of Garibaldi and Explore Nature Tillamook Coast, to bring Oregon SeaGrant Extension and their Shop at…
OSU Extension Class Features Home-canned Pickles, Salsa and Tomato Products to be held Sept. 8th
Would you like to spice up your meals with home-canned pickles or salsa? Are you looking for information on canning tomatoes safely? Then plan to attend the class “Canning Tomatoes, Salsa &…
Summer Recipe: Watermelon with Lime and Chili Powder
Recipe Source: Recipe and photo from www.FoodHero.org Number of servings: 4 Time for preparation (including preparation and cooking): 10 min Ingredients: 2 cups cubed watermelon, seeds removed 1⁄2 lime 1⁄4 teaspoon chili…
23rd Annual Fish Fry to Benefit North County Food Bank Sunday Aug. 19
North County Food Bank presents the 23rd Annual FISH FRY Fundraiser Lunch and Dinner Noon to 6:00 pm Sunday August 19, 2018 at the St. Mary’s By The Sea Catholic Church Parish…
Figs: The fruit of the ancients
By Dana Zia Tender, sweet and utterly seductive the fig has won hearts and started wars. Cleopatra actually died for them. She loved them so much that the asp who killed her…
Get to Know your Fishermen at ‘Shop at the Dock’ in Garibaldi Aug. 10th
If you love fresh seafood you’re going to want to mark your calendar for Aug. 10 and join the Explore Nature Series and Oregon Sea Grant for their first ever Shop at…
Canning Fish, Meat, Poultry and Vegetables Class Sat. July 28
Is there a fisherman, hunter or gardener in your family? Do you prefer home-canned tuna and vegetables to commercially canned products? Do you want to learn to preserve that deer or elk…
Popsicles: making sweet summer memories in a mold
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “Popsicles just reek of childhood and careless summer days.” Me (blush) Play along with me here…. It is a hot and sweaty day and you are…
Start the fireworks with making your own ice cream
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet The fourth of July is the kickoff of ice cream season to me. Our summer finally arrives and the fireworks begin, literally and figuratively. I think…