Cooking advice

Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.

Buy Local Food : Bringing more local produce into your kitchen may leave you wondering what to do with unusual things such as Jerusalem artichokes, kohlrabi or mizuna. “I get requests all the time from CSAs asking permission to put my recipes into their delivery boxes,” Madison says. “I always say yes.” Get a good produce-based cookbook and don’t be reluctant to ask for recipe ideas from growers.

Kitchen Tip : Use a covered kettle or pan to boil water; it's faster and it uses less energy.

Sour Cream Cheesecake Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

2 c GRAHAM CRACKER CRUMBS

1/4 c NUTS, finely chopped

1 ts CINNAMON

6 tb BUTTER, melted

Mix well and pat into bottom -and sides of 10" springform Pan. CAKE 24 oz CREAM CHEESE, unwrapped and

-softened in Microwave 1-1/2 minutes 1 1/4 c SUGAR

1 tb VANILLA

1/4 ts ALMOND EXTRACT

5 JUMBO EGGS, unshelled and

-warmed in microwave 25 Seconds.

4 c SOUR CREAM

1/4 ts SALT

** CRUST

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