Category: Eating Local

How to Get Maine Wild Blueberries No Matter Where You Live

Get your antioxidants and polyphenols with these four recipes using powdered, frozen, dehydrated, and juiced berries We hear a lot these days about the health benefits of blueberries. But did you know that wild blueberries pack two times the antioxidant activity of cultivated blueberries because of their smaller size and more flavor-filled taste? You don’t…

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7 Best Places To Savor Seafood In Ketchikan

Ketchikan, Alaska’s “First City,” is an island reached by plane or boat. A popular cruise port, tourists flood into the city daily to view the artwork along the waterfront of the Inside Passage, the Native American totem poles, and to savor the variety of fresh seafood in a city that is known as the Seafood…

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Best Places To Eat In San Francisco’s Chinatown

San Francisco’s Chinatown is not only the largest Chinatown outside of Asia, but it is the oldest Chinatown in North America. From its busy seafood markets to its medicinal herb shops, San Francisco’s Chinatown offers an up-close glimpse at Chinese-American culture and food. There’s no better place to experience Asian-American culture, sample dim sum, sip…

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Finding The Best Tacos In Kansas City, Kansas

The Kansas City area — both the Missouri and Kansas sides — may be known for barbecue, but given the growing Hispanic population on the Kansas side, you’ll find authentic tacos including asada, carnitas, cactus, and tripe, many prepared right in front of you. The restaurants are often located inside markets that sell freshly made tortillas…

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Wine, Texas Hill Country, History, and Wildflowers in Fredericksburg, Texas (Itinerary)

Fredericksburg, Texas April 2-6, 2018 Itinerary Monday, April 2 Kansas City to San Antonio via Southwest Airlines. Drive to Fredericksburg for dinner and check-in at Hangar Hotel. Dinner–Get in touch with Fredericksburg’s German history with dinner at Der Lindenbaum This authentic restaurant and Biergarten is located in a beautiful historic limestone building built by the German…

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6 Places to Get Pickled in Ann Arbor, Michigan

This Food-Conscious City Embraces a Variety of Methods for Fermentation. Between the yogurt commercials promoting a flat belly to the numerous health claims made by physicians and holistic practitioners, you have no doubt heard about probiotics—or the “good” bacteria—found in fermented foods. Some research says that these good bacteria, particularly those in our gut, may…

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