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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
What are You Eating Christmas Eve?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
My family has a long tradition of eating out on Christmas Eve — usually at an El Toro. Our brood of 15 or so orders lots of nachos and enchiladas, drinks our share of beer and often ends the meal singing “Winter Wonderland” loudly (but not off key) until it’s time to go help Santa.
We’ve been creating this holiday mayhem for about 15 years. What restaurant traditions do you share with friends or loved ones on Christmas Eve?
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Facing a winter without fresh veggies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Since mid-February, I’ve gotten weekly boxes and bags of fresh produce from a number of farms around metro Atlanta. We started with collards and we’re ending that way, too. Last week’s pickup, from the Mellow Bellies cooperative in Grant Park, including collards, kale, rutabagas, apples, sweet potatoes and even a few tomatoes that sprang up from seeds left from this summer’s crop.
The last delivery of the season is Wednesday. After that, it’s back to the grocery store or the handful of farmers markets still open, until spring. That’s going to be a tough switch. I’m seeing more and more produce already selected for me, packed in shrink wrap on foam trays, at the supermarket where we usually shop. No country of origin labeling, no idea where it’s from or how far it traveled to reach me. And undisputably, it’s not as fresh as something harvested just the day before and trucked from less than 80 miles away.
When you’re looking for fresh vegetables and fruit in winter, what’s your solution? I keep hearing about a new service called My Produce Guy, which is a home delivery arm of a produce wholesaler based out of the Atlanta State Farmers Market in Forest Park, but they don’t deliver to the northwest metro area, where I live. Has anyone tried this? What do you think of it?
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