Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Alfalfa Restaurant joins Savoring Kentucky's roster of sponsors.
I cannot imagine my life without Alfalfa Restaurant. In celebration of Alfalfa’s new sponsorship of Savoring Kentucky, let me count just a few of the ways I love the place.
Alfalfa opened in 1973, just as I finished one stage of my life and headed off to serve in the U. S. Peace Corps in the gorgeous Republic of the Philippines. My life changed, and when I came home to Lexington, Alfalfa was the first place I went. That set a pattern that held for decades: any out-of-town trip required a visit to Alfalfa’s after returning home, in order to get properly re-grounded. Alfalfa, I now recognize, was home to me.
I went to Alfalfa on my first post-hospital trip after my son was born. I celebrated post-hospital freedom by wearing a long red dress spiked with little yellow flowers. I remember the happiness of the new baby and the sweetness of the familiar restaurant.
Alfalfa is the place of choice for taking any out-of-town guests we really like. I think that includes all out-of-town guests we have ever had, but if you have stayed with us and we did not go to Alfalfa or send you there, we need to talk.
At Alfalfa, I learn of friends’ divorces and new loves, pregnancies and new jobs, health and illnesses. I mean, friends talk about life changes while we eat our House Salads with Miso on the Side and sip our Red Zinger and Iced Berry Teas. But it is also true that for a long stretch I could keep up with who was seeing whom just by looking around Alfalfa on weekends, checking out the couples. Before facebook, status updates appeared at Alfalfa.
Alfalfa was my first teacher about restaurants that commit to cook with the foods local farmers grow. That’s a commitment that Alfalfa made before any other restaurant in Lexington, as far as I know. Today, more than ever, Alfalfa supports local growers. See the “About” page of the restaurant’s fine new website, which states, accurately, “We were local before local was cool.”
Once the Lexington Farmers Market reopens outdoors in April, look for Alfalfa’s brightly painted wagon on Saturdays. Alfalfa people collect fresh eggs, vegetables and fruits and then use the ultra-fresh, ultra-local ingredients in that day’s brunch menu.
Alfalfa is the only restaurant I know that has survived with these organizational characteristics: At the start, I think, it was a cooperative. It has had solo owners and groups of owners. It has gone through long stretches with no management other than staff themselves, operating as a self-managed system that surely would have worked nowhere else. Some of the current Alfalfa staff have worked there almost the entire time of the restaurant’s existence, yet new people are always coming in. At times Alfalfa’s owners have invested in it, sustaining it with personal funds, as if it were a charitable institution, keeping it going for the benefit of people like me who cannot imagine life without it.
Before I was a food writer, I wrote about urban living for the late, lamented Nougat magazine. Writing about Alfalfa’s signature miso dressing as a feature of the urban landscape helped me find my way to writing about food more constantly, so it pointed me to the work I love.
Savoring Kentucky awarded Alfalfa a Valentine in 2008. In 2010, we saluted Cathy Martin’s decades of fidelity to the restaurant and its customers. and hinted at a piece, not yet delivered, about Cathy’s husband Tom Martin. Most nights every week for more than 30 years, Tom has come to the restaurant to make its fine brown bread and most of its inimitable desserts.
Alfalfa is going through a promising time, deepening its commitments to its long-time values while broadening its reach and appeal. One example of pure Alfalfa: the upcoming “history dinner” (my name for it) celebrating the life of Casimar Pulaski, the Polish nobleman who may have saved the life of George Washington and who gave his own life fighting in our revolution. Pulaski County, Kentucky is named in his honor.
Alfalfa plans a special Polish meal on Friday, March 9, to commemorate Pulaski’s March 6 birthday. Two highlights:
- Kentucky Marksbury Farm Kielbasa slowly simmered in beer, then grilled to perfection and served with sauerkraut, apples, sour cream and house made mustard.
- Sauerkraut and house made potato cheddar pierogies sautéed in butter with onion and served with sour cream and scallions.
Oh yes—and Polish beer.
Savoring Kentucky expresses heartfelt gratitude to Alfalfa for its sponsorship. May the Hoppin’ John and the Chicken Talese and the Avocado Grill Sandwich and the Italian Cream Cake live forever.
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First cutting alfalfa price projections lowered | Alfalfa content from ...
California dairymen are producing too much milk for the market, and once again have moved into a negative cash flow scenario as milk prices have fallen $2 to $3 per hundredweight from a year ago.
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This prompted hay market analyst Seth Hoyt to lower his price estimate for first cutting, premium quality alfalfa hay moving into the Central California milkshed this season.
Hoyt of Ione, Calif., told a packed seminar room at World Ag Expo in February he has dropped projected first cutting fob premium hay prices $10 to $20 per ton for alfalfa from Imperial Valley, Central California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah from what he projected in December at the Western Alfalfa and Forage Conference in Las Vegas.
Hoyt dropped his projected prices despite the fact hay stocks are low and alfalfa hay acreage did not increase as much as an overheated hay market would typically warrant.
“Dairy is still the main driver of our (hay) market, and dairies are in a negative cash flow situation,” said Hoyt. 75 percent of the hay produced in California is sold into dairies; 65 percent for the seven Western states. 45 percent of the nation’s milk supply comes from the 7 Western states; 20 percent from California alone.
Dairymen in the Central California milkshed do not want to pay more than $300 per ton for premium, first cutting hay delivered to Central California, according to Hoyt.
The reason is the average February over base milk price is $14.75 per hundredweight versus 16.74 a year ago. In March of 2011 it was $17.31. This March it is projected to drop to $14.25. Hoyt speculated that the projected March milk price may be the low for the year.
Hoyt said it cost dairymen $15 to $16 per cwt on average to feed dairy cows. That is even high for dairies like those in the Chino area in Southern California which do not have much land to grow their own feed. In those areas, the cost of producing a hundredweight of milk could be as high as $17.
Hoyt cited a couple of recent sales that could serve as benchmarks for the year. A Central California dairy recently purchased a year’s supply of 4,500 tons of 55 TDN alfalfa from a western Nevada hay grower for $230 per ton fob. Another contract was signed for 7,000 tons of hay from the “eastern mountain” area of California for $245 per ton.
These two contracts will cost the dairymen $295 and $297 per ton respectively delivered Tulare.
Art and Alfalfa: Have you tasted Redmond Sea Salt?
Salt that is actually good for you!
Redmond Salt is found in a large vein 400 feet below the surface, where the air is sweet and cool, in the small town of Redmond, south central Utah.
Redmond Salt is marketed under the name of "Real Salt",
by Redmond Heritage Farms, LLC.
Images from the Redmond Salt Museum
An ancient sea covered North America. Over millions of years the waters of this sea evaporated leaving the salt in undisturbed deposits.
During the Jurassic period, volcanoes erupted around the sea beds, sealing the salt with thick layers of volcanic ash, protecting the salt deposits from pollution "that man would eventually introduce into the environment".
See the large pink rock? It is a block of salt, just as it is mined, beneficial to animals because of its rich mineral content. 
Redmond Salt is unrefined, without additives, chemicals or heat processing. The dark flecks you see represent a full compliment of trace minerals. 
There are several grades of Redmond Salt, all found within the same mine, but at different locations within the mine. The salt is taken as found and ground, that's it. 
This is not table salt. It is salt used on highways to melt the ice for safer driving. 
Redmond Salt is shipped all over the world and is easily available. 
Or you can drive by my house and I will point to the road to Redmond, Utah.
by Ann Torrence Photography
And after our visit to Redmond Salt we can go to the Country Auction in Salina and have a bowl of chili at the auction cafe.
But only if its Tuesday.
Of course, while there, you can always buy a handsome herd of Black Angus.
Have a great week my dear Blogging Friends.
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Cumulus
In this thought-provoking exhibition, the Mexican-born artist will transform the ArtGate Gallery into a laboratory for thought on the joys and challenges emerging from the intertwining of our lives in one global community. The provocative installations, kites, entomological boxes, and paintings of Inverted Sky create a weave of intersecting perspectives: lives of individuals in nature, scientific calculation, commerce and trade, and questions of global ethics.
The pieces of Inverted Sky create a weave of intersecting perspectives: lives of individuals in nature, scientific calculation, commerce, trade and questions of global ethics.
Sky is not falling
The multicultural artist—born and raised in Mexico (with Spanish, French, and German antecedents) and now living in New York— has adopted the butterfly as her motif of artistic expression. Richard Vine writes in the exhibition catalogue “the colorful winged creature, with its multistage life cycle and symbolic association with freedom, is much more than a convenient and charming visual device. It is also, in effect, an emblem for Harrsch’s own artistic life, which in turn parallels a much larger historical process. The butterfly is, in her work, liberation incarnate.”
Born in Mexico City, Erika Harrsch has live and worked in Mexico, Italy, Germany and New York. Her multidisciplinary art practice employs resources that include drawing, painting, photography, video, animation and installations, based on elements in both artificial and natural environments.
Inverted Sky runs through March 31, 2012. See you there!
Opening Reception: 6-8pm
ArtGate Gallery
520 W 27th Street #101, New York, NY
Inverted Sky
US dollar kites
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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It’s funny how cult figures can have amazing staying power and influence over contemporary culture. I was reminded of this when I recently happened upon a copy of Eclipsed: The Best of Klaus Nomi on a recent visit to NYC’s Colony Records. Nomi (1944-1983), a performance artist active in New York’s late 70s/early 80s downtown club scene, took aspects of new wave, disco, opera, Brill Building pop, German cabaret, Dada, and sci-fi futurism, and created a performance style that somehow managed to be unique and cohesive.
Nomi’s appearance on Saturday Night Live in December, 1979, backing up David Bowie, is the one Nomi performance that most Americans might be familiar with. (The firestorm over Lana Del Rey’s SNL appearance a few weeks ago proved just how memorable those “musical guest” performances continue to be).
The Nomi Song poster
Nomi was the subject of a relatively recent (2004) documentary, The Nomi Song by director Andrew Horn, and can also be seen performing in several episodes of Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party, released on dvd a few years ago.
Most recently, one of Nomi’s performance costumes was included in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s 2011 Postmodernism exhibition alongside iconic costumes created for David Byrne, Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, and Devo. Though hardly the first person to place such an emphasis on costume as part of performance, Nomi’s legacy can be seen in live popular music performances in which appearance and the transformation of self (think Björk, Lady Gaga, or Nicki Minaj) are critical components.
Enjoy two of my favorite Klaus Nomi videos: Lightning Strikes and The Cold Song
Monday, February 27, 2012
Monsanto's GMO Alfalfa Approved | GMO Labeling
“So what?” you say. “I don’t eat alfalfa.”
But if you eat beef, drink milk, eat cheese or ice cream, or eat any packaged food products that contain dairy, you DO eat alfalfa… as processed by cows. Alfalfa is the backbone of the beef and dairy industry.
So the organic dairy industry is about to change, in a big way: until now, being non-GMO has been a principal part of being organic. But once they let these genes out of the bottle, there’s no going back:
* Alfalfa is an insect-pollinated crop
* There is no way to prevent cross-contamination from fields planted with Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa to other fields.
* These genes will contaminate the rest of America’s alfalfa crops within a few years
* In addition to its key use in dairy farming, alfalfa has also been used as a rotation crop to recharge fields in ecologically-sound agriculture methods.
The Organic Seed Alliance is “very disappointed” with this decision (to say the least)
2012 California Alfalfa Prices Projected Lower « Fertile Soil ...
February 27th, 2012
Western Farm Press. 27 February 2012. California dairymen are producing too much milk for the market, and once again have moved into a negative cash flow scenario as milk prices have fallen $2 to $3 per hundredweight from a year ago. This prompted hay market analyst Seth Hoyt to lower his price estimate for first cutting, premium quality alfalfa hay moving into the Central California milkshed this season.
Hoyt of Ione, Calif., told a packed seminar room at World Ag Expo in February he has dropped projected first cutting fob premium hay prices $10 to $20 per ton for alfalfa from Imperial Valley, Central California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah from what he projected in December at the Western Alfalfa and Forage Conference in Las Vegas.
Hoyt dropped his projected prices despite the fact hay stocks are low and alfalfa hay acreage did not increase as much as an overheated hay market would typically warrant.
“Dairy is still the main driver of our (hay) market, and dairies are in a negative cash flow situation,” said Hoyt. 75 percent of the hay produced in California is sold into dairies; 65 percent for the seven Western states. 45 percent of the nation’s milk supply comes from the 7 Western states; 20 percent from California alone. Dairymen in the Central California milkshed do not want to pay more than $300 per ton for premium, first cutting hay delivered to Central California, according to Hoyt.
The reason is the average February over base milk price is $14.75 per hundredweight versus 16.74 a year ago. In March of 2011 it was $17.31. This March it is projected to drop to $14.25. Hoyt speculated that the projected March milk price may be the low for the year. Hoyt said it cost dairymen $15 to $16 per cwt on average to feed dairy cows. That is even high for dairies like those in the Chino area in Southern California which do not have much land to grow their own feed. In those areas, the cost of producing a hundredweight of milk could be as high as $17.
Hoyt cited a couple of recent sales that could serve as benchmarks for the year. A Central California dairy recently purchased a year’s supply of 4,500 tons of 55 TDN alfalfa from a western Nevada hay grower for $230 per ton fob. Another contract was signed for 7,000 tons of hay from the “eastern mountain” area of California for $245 per ton.
These two contracts will cost the dairymen $295 and $297 per ton respectively delivered Tulare. read more
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Sam Richwood
I envy people who demonstrate many talents, especially when those are expressed tastefully. Apart from envy, I also admire people who seem to produce a lot of skillful art and design pieces, while incorporating different techniques into their work. More than anything, I like to see a variety. As if directly touched by factors such as style and taste, the reason we are often able to recognize the person standing behind a given piece is monotonousness. That is, of course, not to say boredom, but rather an authentic seal or an aesthetic fingerprint that gives a piece its character, climax, and sometimes inferiority. Sam Richwood strikes me as the kind of artist that one day many will look up to.
Zenes and books as well. Richwood
As if drawing isn’t difficult enough on its own, Richwood proves that the labor doesn’t end with a piece of stretched canvas (let alone a sketchpad). He has ventured into illustration, painting, book and zine making, printmaking, and I’m sure there is more to come. His work has a luminous quality; as if you view it through well-scrubbed glass. Moreover, his ability to use color to create light is impressive. I am a little perplexed as to the classification of his work; while it is certainly not realistic or classical, respected artists try and would die to have a piece of the vitality he brings to his work.
Let there be light.
The return of customization into the design world brought with it a multitude of buried treasures. Amongst the more obvious things, such as luxury goods and fashion, formats and practices we thought had been forgotten are once again coveted. Examples include books, handmade and one-of-a-kind products. Art is the one thing that has remained in demand throughout history, be it in the beautiful book form Richwood shares on his website, or in the thrilling paintings and drawings he will be famous for in time. Visit his site here.
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Alfalfa is a perennial herb - bintami | Islamic tour and travel
Alfalfa, which is a perennial herb, has a long list of dietary and medicinal uses and research has proven that Alfalfa might lower blood levels of cholesterol and glucose. Many take Alfalfa supplements orally and is has been proven safe except in a small percentage of people where it produces lupus like symptoms. In the seeds and sprouts of Alfalfa, amino acid L-canavanine is present and that is what is thought to cause this reaction. However, this is not present in the leaves of the Alfalfa. The whole leaf and the herb are what are rendered from the Alfalfa plant.
Since the sixth century the Chinese have used Alfalfa to relieve fluid retention and swelling. The Arabs were the first to find Alfalfa and they named it "the father of all foods." The leaves of the Alfalfa plant are very rich in minerals and nutrients, including potassium, calcium, magnesium, and carotene. The Arabs first fed it to their horses because they believed the Alfalfa made them swift and mighty. Alfalfa has been an animal crop for over a thousand years but is also used as an herbal medicine.
Alfalfa is a good diuretic and also a good laxative. It also works well for urinary tract infections, and kidney, bladder and prostrate disorders. The latest and greatest discovery of Alfalfa is the benefits that it might provide for lowering cholesterol because there are certain agents in Alfalfa that stick to cholesterol which keeps it from remaining in the blood stream. Further, it may also have a very strong relationship with lowering blood sugar levels.
When it comes to Alfalfa it is something that many people enjoy in their cuisine. It is good in salads and some people eat it as a vegetable all alone. Many people claim that eating Alfalfa is a big part of eating healthy. Besides wheat grass and algae, Alfalfa has the most nutritional value. It is high in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and has all of the required digestive enzymes.
It is warned by avid Alfalfa lovers that you likely will not like the way that it tastes in your mouth, it may feel like it is burning the tip of your tongue and you actually might just completely dislike it however, they urge you to not give up because it is an acquired taste and you will begin to like it. The best news is that soon after eating it regularly you will find that your appetite for heavier foods will diminish.
Alfalfa is also great for reducing fevers and is very good for the blood. It contains natural fluoride and prevents tooth decay. Alfalfa makes a great tea because when the Alfalfa leaves steep in the hot water it is a source of nitrogen. The tea is not only made for human consumption because people who grow Irises and Delphiniums just love Alfalfa tea because of the great effect that it has on the plants when used as a foliar spray. Many with a green thumb also use Alfalfa as mulch for their flower beds.
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Erbert and Gerbert's Remove Alfalfa Sprouts From Menu ...
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Erbert and Gerbert's Sandwich Shops have made the decision to remove alfalfa sprouts from their entire menu in all locations across the system.
The decision to remove sprouts was prompted based on recent multi-state outbreaks of serious health issues associated with sprouts.
Although Erbert and Gerbert's Sandwich Shops have not experienced any issues with their current supply of alfalfa sprouts, the system is taking a proactive approach to remove the items from the menu to prevent guests from any potential health risks.
"The decision to pull the sprouts from our menu systemwide is being made to protect the health of our guests," says Eric Wolfe, CEO/president, E&G Franchise Systems, Inc. "We value the well-being of our customers and felt removing all sprouts from our menu and sandwich line was the best way to eliminate the risk."
Over the past 12 months, the number of sprout-related incidences reported from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has increased. The bacteria known as a Shiga-toxin producing strain of E. coli, or STEC, is to blame for this outbreak.
Some types of STEC frequently cause severe disease, including bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). A widespread outbreak of another non-O157 STEC was responsible for devastating illnesses in Europe last summer, a crisis that was eventually traced to contaminated sprout seeds.
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