Mary Crimmins

It’s that time of the year again, and I thought I’d give you all some adorable gift suggestions for your favorite locavore (or foodie). One of my favorite sites for handmade gifts is the website Etsy. You can find a huge variety of crafts and items that help support individual artists and business owners. And [...]

I’ve been getting a lot of interest in my Eggnog Labels from a recipe post last year on Homemade Spiked Eggnog. So my wheels started turning and I started creating more labels. I want to introduce my new store that you can find on the navigation bar on the top of my page. In addition [...]

From consumers, chefs and leaders in the health industry – I am shocked at how many people consistently don’t know what’s in season. A month back, I got an email from a local college here in Nashville from a woman who was contacting me to see if I knew of any farmers who could come speak at their [...]

The word on the street is that I am starting to write an E-Book. I can’t tell you how excited I am about this! I won’t go into any detail as to what I will be focusing on, but you can bet it will be packed full of local food tips and gems. But before [...]

This Saturday, the 19th is Food Revolution Day led by the amazing chef Jamie Oliver. Jamie has long been a supporter of teaching children where their food comes from. He fights the system every day demanding a better world for our children to grow up in. A world where processed food is the exception not [...]

As I have mentioned before, Chris and I eat out a lot. To be honest, it is a habit that was formed years ago during a crisis in our lives and by being reactive we seared into our routine the default of eating out. I actually love to cook and am pretty darn good at it [...]

People assume that because I consider myself a locavore that I eat 100% local food. Wrong. I hope to someday get to that place – but at this stage in my life that is not realistic. Right now, I eat about 70% local food and that bumps up to about 80% in the summer and [...]