http://organicfoodguy.com/blog Summer Food Memories Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:02:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Summer's here at last and now The Big Summer Cookbook is ready to be dog-eared with use. The book has gone into its second printing. It could be the most useful book you'll have this summer. I've been doing radio interviews all over the country and will be doing a ... http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=92 I couldn't decide whether rileyp or toy corinne cox had the better summer recipe--so you BOTH win! Send your mailing address to me at jeffcox@sonic.net and I'll send your signed copies of The Big Summer Cookbook right out to you. Everyone else, keep submitting summer food recipes and we'll have ... http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=91 C'mon folks--post the best summer food recipe and win "The Big Summer Cookbook," with 300 great recipes for using summer foods, the book all signed to you by the author (me) and sent to you at no cost. We have three folks in contention now. Contest closes May 30. Then ... http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=81 As spring morphs into summer, the strawberries come ripe. The best strawberries, in my opinion, are the tiny, native wild strawberries of North America that grow east of the Rockies (Fragaria virginiana). In the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, they ripen in the second         week of June. The fields around my boyhood ... http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=59 I will award a copy of my new book, "The Big Summer Cookbook," to the best recipe for using summer fruit or vegetables in a creative way. So submit your entries by posting in this blog. The cookbook gives 300 recipes for using the fresh, locally-grown foods we only get ... http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=58 First, here's an incredible version of Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald, a singer who's underrated. She is so great! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j6avX7ebkM&feature=related. Also, people wonder why New Jersey corn and tomatoes are so good--it's because both days and nights are hot and humid, and that makes the best corn and tomatoes. Yum! http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=57 Laura Veirs is an indie singer-songwriter who makes beautiful music. Here's a link to the title track of her new CD, "July Flame," the name of a locally-grown peach in her Portland, Oregon, neighborhood--and of course, what we call summer love. Take a bite of this: http://lauraveirs.com/wp/?p=691 http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=56 Here's a link to Mungo Jerry's hit song, "In the Summertime," featuring images put together by folks in Germany. The German title means, "Have yourselves fun in the summer." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ7XoAvwYcw&feature=related http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=54 My summer food memory is making s'mores around the campfire at our family campground in central Oregon. We meet every 4th of July at our property on the Little Deschutes river, and eat and drink for a week with family and friends! http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=23 There was something so soul-satisfying about waiting for summer produce when I was young. As I think back about delicious summer food, all of my memories are about perfectly ripe fruits and veggies! There were no jets flying raspberries around the world in February and no grocery stores full of ... http://organicfoodguy.com/blog/?p=22