General kitchen advice

Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.

Oven Tips : Close the oven door gently - slamming forces out the hot air.

Buy Local Food : The most local food of all comes from your own garden. Plant a new garden, enlarge the one you already have, or extend your growing season by using row covers and cloches.

Party Fodder Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

12 oz Box wheat chex

10 oz Box cheerios

6 oz Bite size rice chex

5 oz Slim pretzel sticks

1 Or 2 cans mixed nuts

1 lb Oleo or butter, melted

2 tb Worcestershire sauce

2 tb Garlic salt

1 Scant tbsp garlic powder

PARTY FODDER Combine last four ingredients in large roasting pan. Add cereal and pretzels. Bake at 250 degrees for an hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Add the nuts during the last 15 minutes of baking. The size of cereal may vary, use your own judgment.

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