Slow Food was created as a protest against the ubiquitous nature of fast-food. The idea is predicated on how our accelerated lifestyles of western culture have separated us from our roots; our choice to live fast has severed cultural connections to land, nature, agriculture and the traditions derived from our local environment.
Archive for the ‘Mushrooms’ Category
Slow Food Minnesota Style Part 1
Posted in Adventure, Cooking, Food, Health, Minnesota, Mushrooms, Outdoors, Restaurants, Summer, tagged Broders Cucina, foraging, morels, Slow Food International, Slow Food MN, Slow Food USA, wild edibles on May 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Morel Mania! Morchella Esculenta!!
Posted in Adventure, Biking, Minnesota, Mushrooms, Outdoors, tagged Biking, foraging, morels, Mushrooms, ramps, Sakatah State Park, Sakatah State Trail, Wild Onion on May 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Another week and the morel mushrooms should be perfect. The group found quite a few, but they’re not very mature yet.
Which Boots Get the Boot?
Posted in Mushrooms, Outdoors, Shopping, tagged DSW boots, Fleet Farm, foraging, Mushrooms, Rain boots, Target Corporation on May 5, 2011 | 3 Comments »
So, by the end of today I had three different pairs of boots in front of me. They all have their benefits and their down falls. I’m curious which pair you think I should pick!
MOA, REI, Prom & Ticks
Posted in Biking, Faith, Mushrooms, Shopping, tagged Fovever 21, iCal, John 3:16, MOA, Mobile Me, Prom, REI, Ticks on April 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Unlike the other dress. In that one, you looked like you were trying too hard. Especially since you’re only a freshman, you don’t want to overdo it.”
Morel Hunting Season!
Posted in Adventure, Mushrooms, Outdoors, tagged Minnesota Mycological Society, morels, Mushrooms on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m excited about getting an early start this year with the MMS group. You might recall that I blogged about our foray in the fall to collect autumn specimens in Lebanon Hills regional park in Dakota County and that I found a 7 lb Hen of the Woods less than a mile from my front door
How Do You Prepare for a Busy Week?
Posted in Faith, Home Improvement, Mushrooms, tagged Home Improvement, Mushrooms, mycology, Painters, Stephen Ministries on April 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
If you have any advice for how you manage through busy weeks, please leave us your ideas as comments as we’re sure it will help!
Must Our Hobby Involve a Death Waiver?
Posted in Biking, Cooking, Food, Marriage, Mushrooms, tagged marriage, Mushrooms, Mycological on January 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Do we have to pick the hobby that makes you sign a waiver warning of fatal illness?
There’s Fungus Among-us!!
Posted in Cooking, Food, Minnesota, Mushrooms, Outdoors, tagged Burnsville, Dakota County, foraging, fungi, fungus, grifola frondosus, Hen of the Woods, Lebanon Hills, Mushrooms, mycelium, mycology on September 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Apparently, fungi is a good non-partisan relationship builder.