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FOOD BABBLER: About Me

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I have a passion for food and all that it brings to our lives, emotionally, physically and historically. In both worlds the stories we tell have the ability to connect, influence, and transform. Thinking local is how business will make a difference in the community, How we affect our community for the better will influence global issues in the long term. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I love food, I love to cook, I love to eat, and I really love to explore all kinds of markets. Most of the best memories...

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FOOD BABBLER: Moroccan Msemen - Crêpes Feuilletées

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Monday, May 20, 2013. Moroccan Msemen - Crêpes Feuilletées. I finally found the next best thing to having someone demonstrate in person how to make msemen. These Moroccan pancakes are so good (read addictive) that they are worth the time you'll spend to prepare them. I particularly like this recipe as it uses instant yeast, which I use in all of my bread, flat bread and pizza dough recipes. How to make Msemen. 1 tsp instant yeast. 1/2 cup melted, unsalted butter. 1/2 cup vegetable oil. I love food, I lov...

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Locavesting: When Buying Local Doesn't Build Community Wealth

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013. When Buying Local Doesn't Build Community Wealth. Buy local. Support local business. These are the rallying cries that community-boosters (including. Myself) use all the time. When you spend money at a local business, the theory goes, more of that money circulates in the community, supporting other local businesses as well as charities and boosting the local tax base. Except when it doesn't. Maggie Anderson, the author of Our Black Year. All neighborhoods have "leakage" &#8212...

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Locavesting: January 2013

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Monday, January 7, 2013. The Real Risk With Crowdfunding. Hen the JOBS Act was signed into law last April, entrepreneurs were elated, even giddy, at the prospects. They and other supporters saw it as a democratizing. Force that could unlock new sources of capital for job-creating entrepreneurs, boost the economy and give Wall Street-wary investors a profitable alternative. It. As I wrote in my recent feature for the New York Times. Espite the uncertainty,. Vice president for entrepreneurship at the.

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Locavesting: May 2013

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Monday, May 20, 2013. Show your supply chain? Photo courtesy of The Sweatshop Project. In the wake of the Bangladesh incident, companies from Nordstrom to Walmart have indicated they would take steps to make their supply chains more transparent. We've heard that before. But corporations have been slow to back up their promises. In the meantime, a new generation of socially-minded companies is showing the way. In North Carolina, T.S. Designs. Grigore and her team have launched a Kickstarter campaign.

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Locavesting: November 2012

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Kickstarting the Indie Food Scene. I've been a bad blogger, I know. I will not even tally up how many weeks have passed since my last post! So thank you for hanging in there. I intend to revive this blog - and indeed build it into something much bigger - in the coming months. In the meantime, let me ease back in by sharing a story I recently wrote for Edible Manhattan about Kickstarter and its role in funding a new crop of indie food entrepreneurs:. From their tiny dorm kitc...

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Locavesting: Move Over JOBS Act: States Are the Real Laboratories for Crowdfunding

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Saturday, April 5, 2014. Move Over JOBS Act: States Are the Real Laboratories for Crowdfunding. For example, the SEC estimates that companies raising less than $100,000 could pay up to 15% in legal and other fees. For companies raising $1 million (which requires audited financials), the costs could be as much as $250,000. Already this year, Maine, Alabama, Washington, Indiana and Maryland have passed their own mini-JOBS Acts, and many more are likely to follow. Why? Act, transactions in those two states ...

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FOOD BABBLER: Pizza Dough Recipe

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Pizza I love pizza. Simple as that, and I love making it too. I fooled around with the crust recipe for years and finally have one that I'm happy with. I tried fresh yeast, and regular rising yeast and then I tried instant yeast which finally gave me. What I was looking for in a pizza crust. This recipe will give you a crunchy and chewy crust that is almost (only almost! Extra virgin olive oil. Heaven! Yield: approximately 3-12 inch thin crust pizzas. 1 lb all purpose flour.

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FOOD BABBLER: The man who tried to warn us about sugar

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Friday, February 14, 2014. The man who tried to warn us about sugar. The man who tried to warn us about sugar. A growing number of scientists are convinced sugar is the cause of several chronic and very common illnesses, including heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes. Ruggiero Scardigno , Fotolia.com. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Moroccan Msemen - Crêpes Feuilletées. The man who tried to warn us about sugar. Pizza Pizza Salt Lick Relief - Is It Enough?