Q had told us all so many times that she had a tiny apartment and we wouldn’t be able to cook in her small space… So it was particularly wonderful to arrive and find not only her wide smile but a very spacious, lovely home with a huge table to
Para nuestra 13va. sesión, nos reunimos en casa de CL en Highland Park. En esta ocasión tuvimos un grupo pequeño, pero muy participativo de cocineras. Como en cada sesion, es una sorpresa abrir la caja de Tomato Mountain para descubrir que contiene y poder decider que cocinar y a pesar
This session we had a blast at Li’s house. The box from Tomato Mountain Farm had roasted tomato sauce, yellow onions, carrots, beets, radishes, and frozen butternut squash. Although the box had almost the same things as last session, everyone was inspired with new ideas. La had the great idea
For our 11th Eating Locally session, we reunited again at A’s house to cook with what we received from Tomato Mountain Farm. Due to the cold weather, the boxes have had fewer things: carrots, onions, roasted tomatoes, shallots and frozen butternut squash. It wasn’t easy to decide what we were
This session started inauspiciously but quickly trended upwards and ended up being a really great experience. The host’s address was wrong in our system and she didn’t notice it when the email went out with details so we had a bit of a scramble to contact people at the last
Field Trip! One way to keep the interest up when cooking with limited mid-winter veggies is to add radically different flavors and seasonings. Several of us had been to a massive Korean supermarket nearby but, confronted with so many unfamiliar ingredients, and very wide choices (a hundred kinds of kimchee!)
We have to say the highlight of this session was sweet tamales. Interesting how something that included nothing from the CSA box can be said to be seasonal. But if you look at the recipe below you will see that every ingredient is something with a long shelf life, something
I decided to supplement the box a little bit but keep to the spirit of seasonally appropriate foods. So I added a bag of red potatoes, heads of garlic and two dozen eggs to the two boxes of produce from Tomato Mountain. I was so glad I did as these
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23rd December 2013
Best Wishes & End of Year Update
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6th July 2015
Kids start following footsteps of MLK at Kohl
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23rd December 2013
Wilmette’s decision to cut housing assistance questioned
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23rd July 2014
Wilmette Cares kicks off second year with missions
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28th April 2013
Housing Burden Grows in Northern Suburbs
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23rd March 2017
Open Letter: In Support of Morton Grove Welcoming Community Ordinance
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14th February 2017
Evanston pastor appointed as city’s first equity coordinator
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14th February 2017
“This I Will Do” by Eileen Heineman
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13th February 2017
Open Communities Hosts ‘State Of Our Communities’ Forum
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13th February 2017
Schakowsky, activists encourage political engagement at community event
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153108 May+00:00bWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +0000000000pmWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +000014 2016
Lawsuit settled over disability access at Evanston apartment building
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163108 May+00:00bWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +0000000000pmWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +000014 2016
Progress In Our Suburbs
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123108 May+00:00bWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +0000000000pmWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +000014 2016
Disability Housing Discrimination Suit Settled In Evanston
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173108 May+00:00bWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +0000000000pmWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +000014 2016
Fair housing agency reaches settlement to improve accessibility standards in Evanston apartment
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123108 May+00:00bWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +0000000000pmWed, 28 May 2014 20:10:16 +000014 2016
Handicap access suit at 1717 Ridge settled