For more information on this project, see my introductory post.
Breakfast
Coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee Company (Roaster in Oakland, beans from all over)
Smoothie made from:
Soy Milk, Silk Soy (national brand)
Straus Plain Yogurt (Marin County)
Marshall's Honey (Buzz-erkely, made in Berkeley)
Cascadian Farm Organic Frozen Strawberries (national brand, farms all over)
The only thing that really bugs me about this breakfast is the fact that I use Cascadian Farm Strawberries. Last summer, we went to a U-Pick at Swanton Berry Farm, and I was able to freeze quite a few berries in order to avoid using a brand like Cascadian. I am going to have to make a point of getting down there soon ... If I freeze them myself, they are from a farm I know and they taste SO much better. And in doing research on this, I just checked out their site and noticed that the featured strawberry grower that they have is someone who I just saw speak ... this guy is not an organic farmer in the sense of the word that I like. He is someone who grows conventional, GMO, and organic crops (He spoke on the pro-GMO side of a panel I attended) and basically said that he grows organic crops because it is a niche market and because of the profit. Ok ... no more Cascadian Farms products for me!
Lunch
Marin Sun Farms Cheeseburger (Pt. Reyes Station) on Acme roll (Berkeley)
Cherries (Everything Under the Sun, Winters)
Had a chance to run to the Ferry Building for today's farmer's market. I hadn't been there in several months, and it's nice to see so many booths at the Tuesday Market. Marin Sun Farms is there now - serving up lunch. Their beef is grass-fed and local. And delicious. I never really eat mayo on something like a burger, but they had a choice of several types that were homemade from their farm eggs. I couldn't resist.
I am addicted to cherries - have you guessed? I feel like I talk about them a lot. The cherries arrived in the market about three weeks ago, but I didn't buy any until this weekend - finally deeming them sweet enough to eat. No one is very happy with the California cherry season thus far. The fruit is very susceptible to damage and the rain last week came at the wrong time. So you'll see a lot of bruised, water-logged fruit. I picked through and found 2 pounds of pretty good cherries -- if you are super picky, though, wait for the Bings. Bill, the farmer from Everything Under the Sun, believes that the Bing crop will be better than what's out now -- just due to weather factors. Never heard of Everything Under the Sun? They are at the market on Saturdays and Tuesdays, they sell a lot of dried fruit, and a guy who works there usually yells "Sampling is mandatory ... if you haven't tried our dried organic cherry tomatoes then you haven't had the full market experience".
Overall a successful lunch - local and sustainable on all fronts.
Dinner
Sushi, Ten-Ichi.
Milk Duds at the movie theater.
Dinner was a bust. Ten-Ichi is our default sushi place ... it's close by, and they make great sushi. But it has nothing to do with serving local or sustainable food. It's an independent business, so that kind of counts. I don't want to talk about the Milk Duds. It was a temporary moment of weakness.
