There was an article in the New York Times a few weeks ago about this amazing little berry that numbs your sour and bitter taste buds for up to 2 hours. The idea of eating something that could completely change the flavor of everything else that follows has stuck with me ever since I read [...]
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Andrew wrote an entry a few months ago about the distances produce may travel before arriving on our plates for consumption. I was just reading an article about reducing our carbon footprints and the picture that was painted for me just blew me away – so I thought I’d share…
In the article, Maribeth Crandell describes [...]
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It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, apologies for the intermittent nature of these posts! We’ve been working on a lot of cool new features, and generally getting the word out about Cooks Compass. Farmers markets are starting up and we are working on the best ways to include them in our search results.
Buying from farmers [...]
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One of our main goals at Cooks Compass is to bring the owners of good and interesting food stores and local markets together with our users — potential customers! So we’ve created the store owner section – it’s free to use for anyone who would like to promote their food store (pleass – only food [...]
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We’ve begun to grow the blogroll, and contact blogs who might be interested in partnering with us. There are a ton of great food-blogs out there, and we are looking for those that share our passion for interesting and exotic ingredients and/or exploring the local markets. We hope to offer bloggers and small recipe sites [...]
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At long last, we’ve unveiled the store owner’s section. Now people can sign up and use our free tools to promote their store. We hope this will be a win-win scenario for all involved, store owners will be able to inform our users about what they do, and our users will have more to look [...]
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