Kalamazoo Foodies: What's growing on my balcony now?

Have a recommendation? We'd LOVE to hear it!
Salutations Readers!
Kalamazoo has good food.
Great food, in fact. We have made it our mission to check out all the local eateries one at a time - and more for our own poor memories than any other reason, we'll be chronicling our adventures in food here. And some places float our boats way more than others, which is why we have developed the very scientific five golden forks rating scale. Ok. It is not scientific at all. It is actually quite unscientific. But, it is something. And now, you can search all of our reviews by the forks rating. YAY!

But, wait! There's more!
Kalamazoo Foodies no longer just eat at restaurants then review them. There are recipes posted, some easy, some less easy, all delicious. There are, or will be, book reviews, the new Foodie Movie Review-y which will focus on movies about food or ones that have a lot of beautiful food in them. There are other food musings, and hopefully soon contests and so much more. But, Foodie Friends, it is all about food. Because we love it!
And, we want to hear from you!
We want to hear your comments on our recipes and reviews. We want to know where you love to eat. And, we are looking for GUEST bloggers to broaden our horizons a bit. And, if you haven't found us on Facebook, you should do that too. Like our page for other fun Foodies stuff like photos, polls, and more.

SO KALAMAZOO PATRONS - where do YOU love to eat? Because we'd love to check it out and share our thoughts here. Give us a comment below, and quickly! Our tummies are grumbling in anticipation.

A Note from the Foodies about our typical fair:
So, you may notice as you read our blog that we often order the same thing wherever we go. OK, maybe not quite, but we do often order similar things. Kristin has her caprese salads and mushroom dishes. Kate has her baked goat cheese and things with tofu. Well, readers, we wanted to let you know that this is absolutely intentional. A) We love those things, so why not order what you love? And, B) It is a lot easier to compare apples to apples than it is to compare apples to comquats. So, we like to order similar things to have a good sense of how to compare them. Just wanted to let you in on that little secret. Bon appetit!

Friday, August 12, 2011

What's growing on my balcony now?

These guys are! I have to say, we purchased a a tomato plant toward the end of spring, and it already had a few green guys on it. We cared for that plant. We loved it so much. The tomatoes turned red, more of them showed up. We excitedly picked them and sliced into the first one, and WHAT THE HECK!?! They were horrible. Super pithy. Hardly any flavor. What a disappointment.

This plant, however, we started from a seed. It is already two times the size of the one we purchased. And, seems to be pretty vibrant. I can't wait until these little guys are ready to be eaten!

And, there are these guys. Also started from seeds... we've got a delicious salsa in the works! :)

And our basil is still going super strong! I love the way it looks. I love the way it smells. And, I especially love the way it tastes. There is nothing quite like Paul's homemade pesto on homemade pasta! YUM!!!! We have delicious caprese salads, and other fun treats, but if you've got a great recipe that includes fresh basil, I would LOVE to give it a try!

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