http://kitchengardens.net Where Food, Cooking and Politics Meet Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:14:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I want to thank the Sponsors of Duckfest 2010 for being so generous with their time and products. Here is a little more about them and what they are offering:Aprés Vin-- Producers of pure varietal grape-seed oils, flours & soaps have kindly donated 20 bars of their Lavender Merlot and ... http://kitchengardens.net/2009/12/12/duckfest-2010-sponsors/ UPDATE: 12/12/09--SOLD OUT! Ring in the end of one decade and the beginning of another on Podchef Island! Come to see, touch and taste Gascony right here in Puget Sound as "The Queen of Gascony", Kate Hill,  brings her Camp Confit to America. Join us for a festive start to the New ... http://kitchengardens.net/2009/10/08/duckfest-2010-new-years-weekend/ At the end of October we will be offering a two day split workshop on all things Pig & Pork. Our annual Porkshop is the culmination of an almost year long project each Autumn of raising Artisanal Pastured Pork. Join me on October 27th for Part One as I kill, ... http://kitchengardens.net/2009/09/23/porkshop-09/ Here's a slideshow of some of the things you might expect to see at our October 10th, 2009 workshop. These are older photos, and techniques have been improved & skills honed.... for more information about this and our other workshops please look here. Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. [tags]poultry, chickens, butchery, slaughter, workshop, ... http://kitchengardens.net/2009/09/23/poultry-processing-workshop/ This Autumn & Winter I am proud to announce a series of workshops on food & farming skills. These have been all summer in the making and I am really excited to be able to host these events for you. Update: October 10th has been canceled due to lack of interest. ... http://kitchengardens.net/2009/09/22/upcoming-culinary-workshops/ This has been a busy summer and time is flying by. I thought I would post this video shot by Carrie Oliver (@Oliver Ranch) when she came out to Podchef Island to visit & sample my Scottish Highland Grassfed Beef & Pastured Pork. A brief glimpse into what I ... http://kitchengardens.net/2009/08/06/caught-in-the-act/ Here is a short film about succession planting salad greens. [tags]gardening, salad, vegetables, farming, soil, planting, seeds, podchef, wiggly wigglers[/tags] http://kitchengardens.net/2009/05/22/planting-a-salad-garden/ Thanks to the emergence of a Swine Flu Pandemic, there has been a heightened awareness of pork production this week. While the American Pork Industry seeks to reassure the nation that pork is still good to eat amidst plummeting sales, there are still worse reactions around the world. In Mexico, ... http://kitchengardens.net/2009/04/29/easier-to-catch-than-a-greased-pig/ As you will know, I am passionate about food and farming. I defend anyone's rights to eat what they want, how they want to. I have been fortunate that, although I wasn't raised on a farm, agriculture has always been a part of my life. I have been equally ... http://kitchengardens.net/2009/04/15/pork-washing/ I imagine "out there" somewhere there exists a growing group of people who would love to live in a bubble. A protective bubble where no harmful organisms exist. These mysophobes would love to dine on irradiated foods, completely sterilized of all harm, nutrition and flavor. They seek to sanitize ... http://kitchengardens.net/2009/04/11/free-range-pork-versus-confinement-thinking/