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The Sound of Moosic
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Short-changing Scent
Posted in farming, Uncategorized, tagged Perfume, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, scent, Sea Breeze Farm on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I couldn’t stop thinking about the sense of smell. We watched a movie last night, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) that was a mediocre adaptation of an incredible book originally published in 1985 by the German author Peter Suskind. The book’s descriptions of scents –from 18th Century Paris no less—have stayed [...]
FoodCartopia!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food carts, Portland, Portland Monthly Magazine, street food on August 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Portland has my attention. To be specific, their food cart culture is all I can think about. While we’ve had our nose to the farmers market grindstone, Portland has enjoyed a street food revolution that has grown to hundreds of food carts in all shapes, sizes and colors, loosely grouped in “pods” around the city; [...]
The Brothers Page
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Centralia, George Page, Justin Page, Santa Lucia Coffee, Sea Breeze Farm on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our chosen life of inventing, trail blazing, and resurrecting small-scale food production methods may seem foreign to many. But within the Page family, such a path is entirely normal. This week, we spent an evening with George’s brother and family in Centralia, Washington, where Justin and Lucy Page have created Santa Lucia Coffee. Their business [...]
We Believe
Posted in farming, LA BOUCHERIE, Uncategorized, tagged George Page, grass based farming, LA BOUCHERIE, sea breeze farm la boucherie on August 3, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I started writing about this a few days ago and found it too depressing to finish, so I put the idea aside. But the topic keeps creeping into my consciousness, and frankly anything else I could say this week would feel false without first exploring this subject. Last week I read and posted on Facebook [...]
Wedding Season, Part I
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged farm weddings, Sea Breeze Farm on July 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
You have probably been invited to a wedding this summer. Or maybe you’ll participate in one. This coming Sunday will be such an event for us at La Boucherie, which is why I have weddings on the brain. In fact, it will be the third wedding in ten years of profound significance for Sea Breeze [...]