Today's Fresh Blogs...

• How to keep basil alive for weeks

  Published: August 28, 2007, 7:31 am

  Tags: Basil, Food Tips, Keeping Cut Basil Alive, Mental Masala

  blogosphere. Marc over at Mental Masala (the very same Marc who was responsible for the solar cooker I posted about a couple of weeks ago) offers a terrific way to keep fresh basil perky and lush for weeks (if you happen not to use it up before that). When you bring it home from the grocery store/farmers market/backyard, clip the ends off and

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• What’s Happened to the Jack London Square Farmer’s Market?

  Published: October 7, 2007, 10:41 pm

  Tags: Community, East Bay, Environmentalism, Food, Oakland, Farmer S Market, Happy Boy Farms, Jack London Square, Kashiwase Farms, Mental Masala, Organic, The Ethicurean

  Ethicurean by Marc R. aka Mental Masala, discussing an SF Chronicle article about how farmers’ markets can sometimes hurt farmers and discussing the exodus of many farmers from the markets. The Chronicle article centers on the experience of the San Francisco Ferry Building market, which now is full of tourists who may want to purchase a

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