Restaurants are beginning to pride themselves on serving locally sourced foods–it is no longer uncommon to see farm names printed next to ingredients on menus here in San Francisco.įocusing on quality ingredients and real foods is forcing us to reexamine cooking as well. We are learning that it is worth it to go out of our way and spend a little extra money (at least occasionally) for the best ingredients. People are starting to understand that where food comes from is important and has a tremendous impact on how it tastes. As a result vegetables have become an afterthought, something we eat from guilt and obligation, not from love.īut the good news is that this trend is reversing. ![]() The watering down of our food culture is directly responsible for our vegetables losing flavor (they are bred for shelf life, not taste) and us losing our ability to make them palatable. We rely on supermarkets for our fruits and vegetables, which we expect to be the same year round. We’ve come to believe that meals come in packages and cooking is too hard and time consuming to bother with. Over the past 50 years America has been seduced by the allure of convenience. They also help propagate the unhealthy eating habits that are now so common in America.īut our exposure to bad vegetables isn’t really Mom’s fault. Unfortunately, sometimes these negative early experiences can create life long food aversions that could have been avoided with a little extra TLC in the kitchen. ![]() Is it any wonder that vegetables rarely rank on anyone’s favorite foods list? It is common for people of both my generation and my parents’ generation to have been raised on frozen spinach, canned beets, over-steamed carrots and boiled broccoli-foods that would make anyone with taste buds pick up their fork and run to the nearest steakhouse. It is not always easy to admit, but after awhile you might find yourself thinking that the veggies you grew up eating were, ahem, pretty horrible. A strange thing happens to some people after their first few experiences with perfectly cooked farmers market vegetables.
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