Mary Crimmins

Click to Enlarge Yesterday at the 12 South Farmers Market, I met a lady named Jessica who was intrigued by the Eat Local Challenge, but had a few concerns. She was nervous that a few of her staples would be hard to find locally- which included milk, peanut butter, and pasta. To her surprise, she [...]

So I’m just going to put it out there. I don’t get it. Yesterday I went to an “unnamed” restaurant in Nashville that was relatively small, and independent and I ordered a BLT – craving those summer tomatoes. To my disappointment they brought me a BLT that tasted like it had been trucked in from [...]

There are few things that inspire me the way that immersing myself into a book does. Being transported into another life, another place, and perhaps another time is magical. When is comes to eating locally, education is paramount. Books allow us the opportunity to see what is really going on in the food system, who is making [...]