Saturday Sustenance for October 3, 2009
This week, Central Market has organic gala apples, $1.49 per lb. and organic red tomatoes on the vine, $1.79 per lb. They also have a foodie freebie where if you buy a whole or cored gold pineapple, you get a free package of 4.4 oz. blueberries for free with an in-store coupon.Newflower has:conventional pomegranates, 2 for $3.00conventional sweet Asian pears, 2 for $1.00conventional gala, Granny Smith, and Braeburn apples, $0.39 per lb.conventional hard winter squash (including kabocha), 3 lbs. for $1.00conventional D'Anjou or red pear, $0.88 per lb.conventional broccoli, $0.77 per lbconventional peaches and ne

Saturday Sustenance for September 26, 2009
After an unseasonably cold and wet week, forecasts are saying we'll have a warm and sunny weekend, which will be perfect for the Texas-sized potluck with Melisser of The Urban Housewife. It's been good weather for baking or roasting, and the produce at this time of year is delicious slow roasted or baked into sweet or savory goods.In a semi-related vein, much of our garden was eaten by bugs and others pests long ago, and most of what wasn't eaten withered and died during the long, hot drought, but our trees and a few herbs are still alive and I'm excited to say that the lemons

Saturday Sustenance for September 19, 2009
Today is my sweetheart's birthday! I made him his birthday meal last night, and today we plan to hang out with friends and eat German Chocolate cupcakes. I'm really excited because after having a record breaking heat wave--where we had 100+ degree temps every day, and a terrible drought--we finally received tons of rain and have had relatively cool weather this past week, so hopefully Austinites can take advantage of that this weekend.This week Central Market has red or white organic seedless grapes $0.99 per lb.Newflower has:conventional cantaloupe, 3 melons for $1.00conventional jewel or garnet yams, $0.99 per lb.convent