{"id":972,"date":"2011-05-18T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/\/new\/\/?p=972"},"modified":"2015-06-15T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T17:01:20","slug":"may-19-getting-back-into-your-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/may-19-getting-back-into-your-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy local produce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/farmers-market.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/farmers-market-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"farmers market\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Sure,\u00a0cooking at home takes more time.\u00a0 Take\u00a0a stroll down the produce aisle this season\u00a0and you may change your mind.\u00a0\u00a0Red strawberries dripping with goodness,\u00a0the vivid\u00a0salad greens.\u00a0Are you salivating yet? Resistance will be futile.\u00a0 You are a big fan of apples so you hesitantly throw\u00a0those apples from New Zealand into your cart.\u00a0\u00a0 What the heck are all these signs about local produce? What do they mean?\u00a0 Does it really matter? Join Suzanne Simon and Betina Stern\u00a0from Loulies.com our resident food superheroes who will answer all your basic questions about produce\u00a0and why you should buy local.\u00a0But WAIT, there&#8217;s more!\u00a0 How about cheese, milk, and dairy products?\u00a0 You&#8217;ll be shocked at what labels matter and which ones don&#8217;t.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get ripped off and pay for only the labels that matter. \u00a0Click up and listen up.\u00a0 Your tummy will be happy you did \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Interview on Buy Local: Tips on buying eggs and dairy\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Want to find a fun way to connect with friends and get your weekly cooking done? How about a cooking book book club?\u00a0 Find out how Loulies\u00a0grew from a cookbook club to the go-to resource for cooking at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loulies.com\">www.loulies.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Why should be local? What are the benefits beyond environmental costs of shipping products from overseas?<\/li>\n<li>How old is the egg you are eating? You will be shocked to hear how fresh your egg from the grocery store really is.\u00a0\u00a0Should you pay extra for omega-3 enriched eggs? Which labels do matter and should you\u00a0spend extra for?<\/li>\n<li>What labels should\u00a0we shop and look for when buying\u00a0any\u00a0diary product (milk, yogurt, butter, cheese)? What are health risks for not\u00a0spending the extra money on antibiotic free milk?\u00a0 What are\u00a0Bettina and Suzanne&#8217;s\u00a0all-time favorite cookbooks that received high marks in her book club?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Loulies co-founders Bettina and Suzanne, White House Farmer&#8217;s Market, Chaia<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bettina and Suzanne have been cooking together for many years. Their experience with sourcing and prepping fresh in-season foods ranges from studying with restaurant chefs, such as James Alefantis, Vicki Reh, Amy Brandwein, James Rexroad, Sidra Forman and Ina Garten. Together, the have tested over 1,000 recipes for their blog Loulies.com, published articles about food and cooking in magazines such as <em>Edible<\/em> and <em>Flavor<\/em>, catered 50+ events, and have taught cooking courses with a focus on shopping at farmers markets and cooking with vegetables. Their latest project is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaiadc.com\/\">Chaia<\/a> \u2013 a start-up restaurant every Thursday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freshfarmmarkets.org\/farmers_markets\/markets\/white_house.php\">White House Farmers Market<\/a> and Sunday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freshfarmmarkets.org\/farmers_markets\/markets\/dupont_circle.php\">Dupont Circle Farmers Market<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaiadc.com\/press\/\">Recent Press About Chaia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Bettina and Suzanne also created an annual Edible Urban Garden Tour event in Washington, DC for the non-profit Think Local First to promote the \u201cgrow your own\u201d movement. Bettina is a founding board member of the Africa Schoolhouse, a 501\u00a9(3) charitable and educational organization committed to building sustainable school communities for children in underserved areas in Africa. Suzanne recently received her certification in Plant-based Nutrition from Cornell University.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Buy Local Resources: <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Loulies- Bettina and\u00a0 Suzanne&#8217;s website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/\">http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Good\u00a0 article describing eggs and what labels mean(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/food\/francis_lam\/2011\/01\/28\/egg_marketing_labels\">http:\/\/www.salon.com\/food\/francis_lam\/2011\/01\/28\/egg_marketing_labels)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best eggs to buy\u00a0in your region:<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornucopia.org\/organic-egg-scorecard\/\">http:\/\/www.cornucopia.org\/organic-egg-scorecard\/<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Article\u00a0describing all the milk labels and what they mean: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivillage.com\/milk-labels-decoded-understanding-dairy-aisle\/3-a-327459\">http:\/\/www.ivillage.com\/milk-labels-decoded-understanding-dairy-aisle\/3-a-327459<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cook book ideas (Best for begniners- <a href=\"http:\/\/markbittman.com\/\">http:\/\/markbittman.com\/<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/how_to_cook_everything_simple_recipes_for_great_food\/\">http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/how_to_cook_everything_simple_recipes_for_great_food\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dianna Henry; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/pure_simple_cooking_diana_henry\/\">http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/pure_simple_cooking_diana_henry\/<\/a> and \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=diana+henry+cookbooks&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;index=stripbooks&amp;hvadid=5674924037&amp;ref=pd_sl_39fwlupptz_b\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=diana+henry+cookbooks&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;index=stripbooks&amp;hvadid=5674924037&amp;ref=pd_sl_39fwlupptz_b<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Debroah Madison (Best for vegetables <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deborahmadison.com\/marketplace.html\">http:\/\/www.deborahmadison.com\/marketplace.html<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/vegetarian-cooking-for-everyone\/\">http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/vegetarian-cooking-for-everyone\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ruth Rogers (simple italian)- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/italian_country_cookbook\/\">http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/italian_country_cookbook\/ <\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivercafe.co.uk\/rc_page.php?pg_id=42\">http:\/\/www.rivercafe.co.uk\/rc_page.php?pg_id=42<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Maddar Jaffrey&#8217;s- Eclectic mix <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/madhur_jaffreys_cookbook_easy_east_west_menus_for_family_and_friends\/\">http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/madhur_jaffreys_cookbook_easy_east_west_menus_for_family_and_friends\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amy Pennigton: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/2011\/may-12-feed-your-belly-just-by-walking-out-your-back-door\/\">https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/2011\/may-12-feed-your-belly-just-by-walking-out-your-back-door\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nigel Slater: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/last-minute-mothers-day-gift\/\">http:\/\/www.loulies.com\/last-minute-mothers-day-gift\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure,\u00a0cooking at home takes more time.\u00a0 Take\u00a0a stroll down the produce aisle this season\u00a0and you may change your mind.\u00a0\u00a0Red strawberries dripping with goodness,\u00a0the vivid\u00a0salad greens.\u00a0Are you salivating yet? Resistance will be futile.\u00a0 You are a big fan of apples so you hesitantly throw\u00a0those apples from New Zealand into your cart.\u00a0\u00a0 What the heck are all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,72,457,56,63],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[3074,3077,3068,3070,1659,3071,3021,3069,3082,2849,3080,3084,3073,3076,3075,3083,3079,3081,3078,3072],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-food","category-nutrition-diet-supplements","category-show-archives","category-wellness"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bigstock-Farm-Sign-3691576-compressed.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21615,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions\/21615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}