Eating Locally
I went to Seattle this past weekend, and had an absolute blast. Pike Place Market really stood out to me: it’s such a cool little community of artists, local business owners, farmers and fishermen. The selection of local products was so expansive – it reminded me of multiple LA Farmer’s Markets rolled into a gigantic one.
What I was even more impressed with about Seattle is that local restaurant owners – from reasonably priced regular restaurants to fancy expensive places, take pride in using products from the Pike Place Market. The foodie community in Seattle really supports their market, which I think is incredibly cool.
So I started thinking more about local produce and all of the benefits that go along with it: the positive environmental effects, supporting local businesses, fresher, better tasting food, and the list could go on and on.
I bought this book at Left Bank Books (a unique, ‘lefty’ bookstore in Seattle that I discovered on Lonely Planet) called Cook Food: a manualfesto for easy, healthy, local eating. This will give you all of the basics of local eating in an easy, digestible format – along with some great recipes. It’s not about doing a complete overhaul, but integrating local food into your life gradually.
I’ll keep you posted on my progress of ‘going local.’
Tags: healthy food recipes, local food, pike place market, vegetarian recipes
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