Green Thumb Farm Huntington CSA

Happy Autumn!

And Happy Food Day (Thursday, October 24th)!
For more info, to find events, and to get hooked up for next year…
http://www.foodday.org/

Weather report for CSA…cool, breezy and dry!

Next CSA meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 26st from 10:30am to noon. The main topic will be…What exactly is meant by organic food, and why is it important to be certified organic (or is it?). Also, we’ll be starting to talk about next year.

Anybody make it out to the farm last weekend for the CSA tour? If so, and you’d like to share, please email any comments and photos for the next CSA email. A last minute family thing came up so that took priority for me. I’ll have to look forward to being there next June in their Strawberry fields!

Organic Tomato Sauce or Sun Dried Tomatoes anyone? Our farm is offering us 20 lb boxes of their own certified organic Red Italian Plum/Roma/Paste (all the same thing) Tomatoes for $45.00 per box if you’re interested in making your own canned Tomatoes or Tomato Sauce OR (if you have a dehydrator) making your own Sun Dried Tomatoes. To place an order, call the farm (631-726-1900) any day from 9 am to 5pm, but no later than noon on Wednesday for a Thursday delivery. Payment is to be made by credit card so have your credit card ready when you make the call.

FREE tickets to the NAVEL Expo (see under Event Listings for Nov 3rd) at Wild by Nature, the Vitamin Shoppe and Cactus Salon!

This email includes…

1. Your CSA does not need you this week, however…
2. It’s time to weigh!!!
3 Mushrooms anybody????
4. This week’s list (subject to change without notice…farming is like that!)
5. Good food on a tight budget…courtesy of the Environmental Working Group (EWG)
6. If you eat Eggs or Meat…
7. Win stuff!
8. Event Listings
9. Click here to help change the world!
10. What you actually got last week
11. Talk to your favorite local restaurant owners/chefs…
12. And now for something completely different…



1. Your CSA does not need you this week, however…

You can ALWAYS stop by the CSA a little before 3:30 or 5:30 to offer to help in case someone doesn’t show up (or is late) without letting anyone know…life happens! 

If you didn’t get a confirmation email from Judi (occasionally it’s me), you’re not scheduled to work this week.



2. It’s time to weigh!!!

A. Check the wall chart before taking any food so you know what you’re taking and how much to take…assume nothing and please ask questions! 

B. Bring your reading glasses or ask someone to help if you can’t see the numbers on the scale clearly.

C. PLEASE DO NOT GO OVER THE AMOUNT STATED on the Wall Chart. Please err on the under side of the weight posted…NEVER over. It may not seem like much to you but we have 56 members and if every person is off by ONE OUNCE (for crying out loud! It’s only an ounce!!!) …that means we’ll be short almost THREE AND A HALF POUNDS of produce and 3 CSA members won’t get the food they paid for. And I’m sure you wouldn’t want it to be you.

D. IF you are asked to weigh more than one food item at the same time…please follow the directions given to you and weigh in the order you are asked (you might not think there’s a good reason to be doing this but our farmer does and that should be enough of a reason right there…if you want a further explanation – ask suzanne…there is a method to the madness )



3. Mushrooms (or more Mushrooms) anybody???

We have a few people waiting and hoping that they’ll be able to get Mushrooms before the end of the season which is Halloween, October 31st. We need enough people to commit to 3 1/2 lbs more to get that 3rd five pound box.

People don’t have to be CSA members to get Mushrooms so ask anyone you know who might be interested and have them get in touch OR let you know.

If you’re interested…ask! If the only thing that’s stopping you is that you share with someone and they don’t want what you want…ask! I bet I could find someone for you to share with (or at least I’d try  ). If you have a share and want more than your one share…ask!

Anybody interested in the Mushroom Share who hasn’t spoken up yet? Let me know!  We’re starting another waiting list for a 3rd five pound box. Anyone who HAS a Mushroom Share…want to upgrade your share to get more Mushrooms? Just a thought! 



4. This week’s list (subject to change without notice…farming is like that!)

Week #26
October 24, 2013

1. Arugula – 1 bunch
2. Tomatoes
3. Lettuce: Leaf, Red – 1 head
4. Broccoli Rabe (Raab/Rape) – 1 bunch
5. Snap Beans*: Purple and/or Romano and/or Wax/Yellow

Total Items: 5 (?)

Herb Share
Marjoram AND Rosemary

Mushroom Share

*
Snap Bean recipes….

Green Beans 101 –
Roasted Green Beans…
http://www.food.com/recipe/roasted-green-beans-133821
Green Bean and Orzo Pilaf…
http://lasvegasfoodadventures.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/orzo-and-green-bean-pilaf/
Green Beans with Eggs Mexican style (Ejotes con Huevos)…
http://www.spiciefoodie.com/2012/08/06/ejotes-con-huevos-or-mexican-green-beans-with-eggs/

Green Beans 201 – Green Bean Casserole 2.0
http://www.thebittenword.com/thebittenword/2011/11/thanksgiving-green-bean-casserole-with-crispy-shallots-.html

Snap Beans graduate level…Snap Beans with Taleggio and Fish Sauce
http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/09/ignacio-mattos-string-bean-in-season-recipe.html?om_rid=AADNgX&om_mid=_BSLhvZB81DSguj



5. Good food on a tight budget…courtesy of the Environmental Working Group (EWG)

Bookmark, print it out, or donate for a hard copy…
http://www.ewg.org/goodfood/?utm_source=201310goodfoodsubb&utm_medium=email&utm_content=second-link&utm_campaign=food



6. If you eat Eggs or Meat…

If you’re going to eat Eggs, take the Cage Free Pledge…
http://www.choosecagefree.org/take-pledge?j=16399815&e=dskolnick@pb.net&l=2739230_HTML&u=180473885&mid=71507&jb=0

And if you eat Meat, take the pledge to make more humane food choices by supporting animal friendly farming…
http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=23&ea.campaign.id=16082&ea.tracking.id=wspaca_rightbanner



7. Win Stuff!

A. This ends TODAY, October 23rd…
Win…Skype from the Beekman Boys (Josh and Brent) during your Thanksgiving dinner, 15 piece set of Williams Sonoma Goldtouch nonstick bakeware, selection of Beekman 1802 baking mixes, and a signed copy of the Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook…
http://beekman1802sweeps.com/

B. Baking contest with a $25,000 prize…enter from now till Jan 2, 2014…
http://www.familyfreshcooking.com/2013/10/02/chocolate-adventure-contest-2013/



8. Event Listings

Thursday, May 2nd to Sunday, December 8th

8:30am to 5pm

Green Thumb Organic Farm
829 Montauk Hwy (east of the windmill)
Water Mill

Our CSA farm’s farm stand is open for the season! If you’re passing by, stop in and say hi and tell them you’re a CSA member and you’re sure to get a smile! There are plants for your garden, flowers for your home and/or friends you might be visiting in the area, and food…lots of food! 


Tuesday, October 1st to Thursday, October 31st

4th Annual October Unprocessed Challenge
For more info:
http://www.eatingrules.com/october-unprocessed-2013/

Sign up for a coupon for Bob’s Red Mills products and pledge to eat all unprocessed food for the month of October. And there’s even a free guide for more info:
http://www.eatingrules.com/assets/ou/October-Unprocessed-2013-Official-Guide.pdf


Friday, October 18th to Monday, October 28th

Something Doesn’t Add up to ADD
For more info on the speakers, and to register:
http://www.wishsummit.com/add

What to do about ADD, ADHD and the autism spectrum conditions. This is a free online conference. They would like you to purchase transcripts, etc to be used after the conference but you don’t have to if you want to participate.


Wednesday, October 23rd to Sunday, October 27th

The NYC Food Film Festival
For more info:
http://thefoodfilmfestival.com/


Wednesday, October 23rd

6:30pm to 9:30pm

Passport to Wellness
NY Coalition for Healthy School Food
NY Academy of Medicine
1216 5th Ave (103rd St)
NYC
$100 and up (it’s the yearly gala benefit)
For more info and to get tickets:
http://www.healthyschoolfood.org/events.htm

This organization was started on Long Island by Amie Hamlin (she’s since moved upstate NY) and has grown over the years. The event is going to be hosted by a who’s who of plant food activists such as Rip Esselstyn (son of Dr. Esselstyn) and Victoria Moran, and the Board has Bart and Joy, the owners of Candle Café and Candle 79, on it, and an advisory Board including Dr. Oz, Dr. Fuhrman, Ann Cooper (the Renegade Lunch Lady…formerly of Long Island), and T. Colin Campbell! There will be delicious and healthy food and drink, and jazz and dancing. A good time will be had by all!


Thursday, October 24th

11:30am to 3pm

Food Day
Farmingdale State College
Campus Center Ballroom
2350 Broadhollow Rd
Farmingdale, NY
FREE
For more info:
http://www.farmingdale.edu/news/news-2013/foodday10.24.13.shtml

Bhavani Jaroff of Slow Food Huntington will be one of the many participants.


Friday, October 25th to Sunday, October 27th

GMO Mini Summit
FREE
To register:
http://www.gmosummit.org/?orid=400&opid=56

Join GMO expert Jeffrey Smith (author of Seeds of Deception), John Robbins (founder of the vegan group EarthSave), Vandana Shiva (international eco heroine), Michael Hansen (eco scientist with Consumer’s Union who’s been to the Cinema Arts Centre), Joseph Mercola (alternative health expert), and others, in a 3 day online conference. They would like you to purchase a $97 media package of all the materials from the conference and then some, but you don’t have to so it’s still a great deal and event!


Connecting for Change: A Bioneers by the Bay Conference
New Bedford, MA
For more info:
http://www.marioninstitute.org/connecting-for-change/faqs

The 9th Annual Connecting for Change: A Bioneers by the Bay Conference presented by the Marion Institute is an annual three-day, solutions based gathering that brings together a diverse audience to create deep and positive change in their communities. This internationally acclaimed event summons environmental, industry and social justice innovators to bring focus on food and farming, health and healing, green business, indigenous knowledge, environmental and social justice, women and youth empowerment, spirituality and sustainability, all working to catalyze a movement to heal our world.

Keynote speakers include Joan Gussow, author of This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader.
Who’s Joan Gussow? Watch this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-anCk_QO0J8&utm_source=CONNECTing+for+Change+Newsletter&utm_campaign=69a3b93d25-CFC+-+06.25.2013+Registration&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_eab32be22c-69a3b93d25-261297289

You can register at the door (the website makes it look like you can’t) though they might be out of certain meal tickets. I’m sure they have some sort of alternatives and you won’t starve!


Friday, October 25th

7:30pm

Tea and Chocolate
Sip Tea Lounge
286 New York Ave
Huntington
$25
To register:
631-683-5777

Join CSA Mushroom Share member Nicole Basso (owner of Sip Tea Loungs) for 5 courses of Teas and Chocolates (from Chocola’j…they’re organic and good)!


New Life Yoga and Raw Food Expo
Hotel New Yorker
481 8th Ave (34th St)
NYC
For more info:
http://www.nyyogaexpo.com/


Saturday, October 26th

11am to 2pm

Share the Health Expo
Vitamin Shoppe
191 Walt Whitman Rd
Huntington
FREE
For more info and to RSVP…
https://www.facebook.com/THEVITAMINSHOPPE?sk=app_582383498442593&app_data%5Bwfrs%5D=043a114e-640b-11e2-867a-12313d286de3&sourceType=em&source=RI1310_STHE&utm_medium=email&utm_source=VSB&utm_campaign=1310_STHE&cm_ven=Email&cm_cat=retail&cm_pla=LM_1310_STHE&cm_ite=NA

Free gift bags while they last. Sample healthy goodies (supplements and snacks), learn about health and fitness, connect with other people that are into living a healthy lifestyle.


New Life Yoga and Raw Food Expo
Hotel New Yorker
481 8th Ave (34th St)
NYC
For more info and to get tickets:
http://www.nyyogaexpo.com/


Sunday, October 27th

2pm

Targeted Nutrition for a Sharp Mind and Combating Dementia with Steve Blake
Healthy Planet Lunch/Lecture
Dao Asian Cuisine
6600 Jericho Tpke (1/4 mile west of the Syosset Bowling Alley on the south side of the road)
Syosset
$20 Members/$25 General Public/$30 At the door
To make reservations and for more info:
631-421-5591
Email: info@healthy-planet.org
http://www.healthy-planet.org/Series/index.asp

Lunch includes a selection of 3 appetizers and 7 entrees (all vegan). Dr. Blake is an expert on medicinal plants and he and his wife live on an organic farm in Maui.
More info about Steve Blake…
http://www.naturalhealthwizards.com/about-us.html

New Life Yoga and Raw Food Expo
Hotel New Yorker
481 8th Ave (34th St)
NYC
For more info and to get tickets:
http://www.nyyogaexpo.com/


Wednesday, October 30th

6 to 10pm

Public Hearing on Storing Nuclear Waste
Westchester Marriot
670 White Plains Rd
Tarrytown, NY

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a hearing in Tarrytown to receive public input and comments on a proposed rule on the long-term storage of radioactive nuclear waste at reactor sites (for us the closest is Indian Point). Attend the hearing and make your voice heard.

If you are unable to attend the hearing but do want your voice heard, you should consider submitting a written comment to the NRC. Please tell the NRC to require that radioactive waste be removed from spent fuel pools and stored on-site in protected casks, until long-term storage can be completed—and why that is so important to your family's and community's health and safety. If you would like help with developing your comment, or have any questions about this issue, please do not hesitate to contact us (Union of Concerned Scientists) at nuclearsafety@ucsusa.org.

Saturday, November 2nd

10am to 1pm

Cancer Free
Hilton Long Island/Huntington
598 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
FREE

At The Richard Linchitz Cancer Free Master Mind come meet 8 experts on cancer and alternative treatments. If you have the new Navel Expo magazine (see #11 ), you’ll see more details about this event. Included are Joyce O’Brien, author of Choose to Live: Our Journey from Late Stage Cancers to Vibrant Health, and Fred V. Eichhorn, ND (who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1976, given 3 weeks to live, and restored his health…and oddly enough, he was my next door neighbor as a child, I was best friends with his two sisters and haven’t seen him since…maybe it’s time to say hello!).


Sunday, November 3rd

9am to 9pm

The 20th NAVEL Expo
Huntington Hilton
598 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
$20
For more info and to purchase tickets:
http://www.navelexpo.com/expo.php

Jeffrey Life, author of Mastering the Life Plan, will be the keynote speaker, leading an all star cast of the best wellness minded healers from Long Island, the NY metro area and around the country! Join in for the celebration of your life! Also, there’s an exhibiting section with lots of interesting and free stuff (food, massage, etc).
For more info on Jeffrey Life…
http://drlife.com/


Tuesday, November 5th

7pm

Dr Joseph Debe lecture – Super Immunity
Wild by Nature
369 West Main St
Huntington
FREE
Call for reservations:
631-424-6480 (walk-ins welcome)

Learn from CSA member Chiara Mathews’ doctor how you can tailor your diet and lifestyle to most effectively battle infections, allergies, autoimmunity and cancer.


Wednesday, November 6th

5:30pm to 8pm

Edible Long Island Launch Party
Jewel Restaurant
400 Broadhollow Rd
Melville
$20 (in advance includes subscription)/$30 (at the door)/$40 (at the door with subscription)
For more info and to order tickets:
http://www.ediblelongisland.com/event/edible-long-island-magazine-launch-party/

Presented by LI Wine Country and Edible Long Island, local food venders attending include 20 wineries and 5 breweries. Come meet the farmer, chefs, foodmakers, brewers and vinters that feed us.

7:30

Let’s Eat: Food on Film presents A Place at the Table with Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington
$25/$50 VIP (includes pre-event VIP Reception at 6:30pm with panel members, food and wine, and preferred seating)
For more info:
http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/a-place-at-the-table/
To purchase tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/483344

With a superstar cast (in the food world) including Marion Nestle (author of Food Politics and other important reads), Chef Tom Colicchio and Raj Patel (author of the wonderful book Stuffed and Starved) and activist actor Jeff Bridges, this movie explores why 50 million people in the U.S.—one in four children—don’t know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Panelists include Chef Tom Colicchio, Randi Shubin Dresner of Island Harvest, Mike Xirinachs of CBS Radio, Congressman Steve Israel and will be moderated by NY State Assemblyman Chuck Lavine.This event is being co-presented with Island Harvest.


Thursday, November 7th to Monday, November 11th

14th Annual International Conference of the Weston A Price Foundation
Curing the Incurable: Holistic Therapies for Chronic Diseases
Sheraton Atlanta Downtown Hotel
Atlanta, GA
For more info and to register:
http://conferences.westonaprice.org/main-conference/

Joel Salatin, Sally Fallon and Dr. Mercola will be there…will you?


Thursday, November 7th

7pm to 8:30pm

Holistic Moms Network (HMN) Meeting (Suffolk County/Huntington Area/NY Chapter)
Elwood Public Library
1929 Jericho Tpke (and Elwood Rd)
Elwood
For more info and to join:
http://wsuffolkctyny.holisticmoms.org/

Please join CSA member Vickie Muller at these fun and informative meetings (and you don’t have to be a mom to go…or even female!). There will be tea and a healthy snack. Be green and bring your own mug.


Friday, November 8th to Sunday, November 10th

Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference
Boys and Girls High School
1700 Fulton Ave
Brooklyn
$30 Adults/$15 Students
For more info and tickets:
http://www.blackfarmersconf.org/home-1

You don’t have to be a farmer, gardener or black to attend this event. If eating healthy, food justice, food deserts, food sovereignty, local food, supporting local farmers, healthy food in schools and diversity in the farming community as well as in the fields are subjects of interest to you, this might be a good place to go to discuss and learn more about the issues of race, health, class and food. Keynote speakers will be Monica White, Asst Professor of Environmental Justice/University of Wisconsin-Madison and President on the Board of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, and Ben Burkett, President of the National Family Farm Coalition.


Friday, November 15th

6pm to 7pm

The Healthy Planet Radio Show
WUSB-FM (90.1 FM)
To listen live or on the archives…
http://wusb.fm/station/schedule/week
For more info:
http://www.healthy-planet.org/


Monday, November 25th

4pm to 6pm

Suffolk County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board Meeting
H Lee Dennison Bldg
Division of Planning and Environment (4th floor conference room)
100 Veterans Hwy
Hauppauge
RSVP to:
Robin 631-283-3195
RHarris@PeconicLandTrust.org

Please attend and share your opinions and concerns as the county works to update the Suffolk County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan. Light refreshments will be served. If you can’t make it to this meeting, there are other ones being held (11/12 – Riverhead, 11/13 – Farmingville, 12/12 – Southampton, 12/18 – Southold).

7:45 to 8:45

The Jewish Omnivore’s Dilemma: Eating Jewishly in the 21st Century
Institute for Jewish Studies
Temple Chaverim
1050 Washington Ave
Plainview
$5
To register and for more info:
Carole Wolfner 516-349-7616
Sharon Kunoff 516-694-1896

This lecture is being given by Nigel Savage, the founder of Hazon, a VERY cool organization combining Judaism and sustainable food issues…it’s the largest American Jewish environmental organization.
To learn more about Hazon (and see Dec 29th about their food conference in CT)…
http://www.hazon.org/


Friday, December 6th

6pm to 7pm

The Healthy Planet Radio Show
WUSB-FM (90.1 FM)
To listen live or on the archives…
http://wusb.fm/station/schedule/week
For more info:
http://www.healthy-planet.org/


Sunday, December 29th to Wednesday, January 1st, 2014

Hazon Food Conference: Recipes for The New Jewish Food Movement
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village, CT
$510/$460/$410/Children aged 4 to 16 $200 (if you register before December 8th…all inclusive cost includes room and board, kosher farm to table meals)/Children under 4 FREE
For more info and to register:
http://www.hazon.org/programs/food-conference/

Guest presenters celebrated cookbook author Joan Nathan, food writer Leah Koenig and Itta Werdiger-Roth (founder of underground supperclub in Brooklyn, The Hester)


Friday, January 24th to Sunday, January 26th, 2014

NOFA-NY Winter Conference: Preserving the Past, Seeding the Future
Saratoga Hilton and City Center
Saratoga Springs, NY
For more info:
http://www.nofany.org/events/winter-conference

Keynote speaker: Gary Paul Nabhan, author of Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land (with forward by Bill McKibben). Registration will begin mid-November.


February 5th to February 8th

PASA’s 23rd Annual Farming for the Future Conference: Letting Nature Lead
State College, PA
For more info and to register:
http://www.pasafarming.org/events/conference

Keynote speakers this year are Daphne Miller, MD (author of Farmacology) and Miguel Altieri, PhD (Professor of Agroecology, UC Berkeley). Sign up for their emails or like their Facebook page to keep up to date on when registration begins.


Saturday, March 1st, 2014

10am to 5pm

TEDx Manhattan Viewing Party
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington
FREE

Check out a sample of last year’s speakers such as chef Michel Nischan, LaDonna Redmond, Anna Lappe, White House chef Bill Yosses, Annemarie Colbin, etc, here…
http://www.youtube.com/tedxman

Check out the list of speakers scheduled for this year (includes a performance by Huntington’s own Jen Chapin…Harry’s kid  )…
http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/speakers/

Details TBA



9. Click here to help change the world!

Coke and Pepsi are buying sugar from companies that have driven small farmers and indigenous communities off their land…tell them to stop that!
http://action.sumofus.org/a/land-grabs/3/3/?rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1&referring_akid=2467.504673.r5d-vS



10. What you actually got last week

Week #26
October 24, 2013

1. Kale: Lacinato* – 1 bunch - $3.25
2. Tomatoes, Mini: Grape, Red – 1 pt - $4.25
3. Bitter Melon – 1 - $.50
4. Lettuce: Boston – 1 head - $2.75
5. Squash, Summer: 8 Ball, Costata Romanesco, Gold, Kousa, Patty Pan (Green and Yellow), Yellow, Zucchini – up to 1 lb - $2.25 (weighed first and then add to this the Snap Beans)
6. Snap Beans***: Green and/or Purple and/or Yellow (Wax) – up to 1 lb - $3.50
7. Peppers, Sweet Mix – ¾ lb - $2.50

Total Items: 7
Total Amount: $19.00 (we pay $17.50 for our weekly CSA share and this week we’ve gotten an extra $1.50 so the total extra value we’ve gotten so far this season…is $30.25)

Mushroom Share

*
Kale…10 ways to prepare it!
http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/top-10-ways-to-prepare-kale.html


**
Bitter Melon…do your research before cooking with this one (most medicinal vegetable on the planet!!!)

The basics…and a good basic website for it…
http://bittermelon.org/eat/cookingbittermelon
And recipes…Bitter Melon Sorbet anyone?
http://bittermelon.org/eat/shareyourrecipes

Bitter Melon recipe discovered by CSA member Lisa McInnis Lonigro…
http://amisvegetariandelicacies.blogspot.com/2011/07/bitter-melon-salad.html

IF pregnant…don’t eat it as it can possibly cause a miscarriage. However, not seeing how much it would take to do this and….
http://www.drugs.com/npp/bitter-melon.html

this advice looks more reasonable and…
http://www.juicing-for-health.com/bitter-gourd-benefits.html

here’s another opinion that it could be useful for gestational diabetes…
http://pregnanteats.com/2010/05/05/eating-for-a-healthy-pregnancy-bitter-melon/

Oh yeah, I forgot it also slows down the growth of, and kills, breast cancer cells (and not surrounding normal cells) as an extract in a Petri dish…
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-02-24/entertainment/27057193_1_breast-cancer-melon-cancer-research
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100223131956.htm

They want to take the natural extract, turn it into something chemically produced and costing a fortune. I’d rather eat it and pay for the vegetable.

Recipes and chats about Bitter Melon (darker the Bitter Melon…more bitter it is)…
This is a scream…my new favorite cooking show…Cooking with Dog! That dog looks awfully close to the burner!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp-a5y8rY28&NR=1&feature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5bwWHImhUA (I’d take the pith and seeds out and don’t eat with bread…ugh…rice would be nice)
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/07/seriously-asian-bitter-melon-stir-fry.html
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/324491
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/asianveg/msg0818541820091.html
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/vegetablesrecipes/r/bittermelon.htm
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,bitter_melon,FF.html

Bitter Melon (spellings are more how to pronounce than correct…)
Goya – Japan
Kerala – India
Mah-Lah –Thailand
oh-Wah - Vietnam
Pahvahkah – India, in Kerala

General Info…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_melon
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69138.cfm#Warnings

I had no idea! The National Bitter Melon Council…
http://bittermelon.org/


***
Snap Bean recipes….

Green Beans 101 –
Roasted Green Beans…
http://www.food.com/recipe/roasted-green-beans-133821
Green Bean and Orzo Pilaf…
http://lasvegasfoodadventures.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/orzo-and-green-bean-pilaf/
Green Beans with Eggs Mexican style (Ejotes con Huevos)…
http://www.spiciefoodie.com/2012/08/06/ejotes-con-huevos-or-mexican-green-beans-with-eggs/

Green Beans 201 – Green Bean Casserole 2.0
http://www.thebittenword.com/thebittenword/2011/11/thanksgiving-green-bean-casserole-with-crispy-shallots-.html

Snap Beans graduate level…Snap Beans with Taleggio and Fish Sauce
http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/09/ignacio-mattos-string-bean-in-season-recipe.html?om_rid=AADNgX&om_mid=_BSLhvZB81DSguj



11. Talk to your favorite local restaurant owners/chefs…

Talk about the Pride of NY Pledge to use more locally grown and produced food and drink, and encourage them to sign on, or patronize places that already have. Right now the only one located on Long Island is Shake Shack in Westbury.

http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/10192013-chefs-restaurants-take-pride-of-ny-pledge



12. And now, for something completely different…

wow, wow and WOW! 

Another person devoted to playing with their food…
http://www.boredpanda.com/creative-bento-food-art-samantha-lee/

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