Comments on: Farmers Market Update: Prepping for Asilomar

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:28:26 +0000

thanks darya! good call on the coffee and tea!

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:46:19 +0000

OMG, this is the cutest question ever. Thanks Jan!

I actually recently got a care package that included spelt (muesli) which is delicious. It also has some specialty oil (pumpkin seed) and local honey. Fine quality chocolate is also nice, and one of the healthiest dessert foods. Anything preserved would work well (personally I love canned fish, but that isn’t for everyone). Coffee, tea. Herbs, spices. I’ll let you know if I think of anything else.

Sounds fun and good luck!

xoxox
darya

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:46:38 +0000

Hi Darya! I came back to this exact post because I wanted to get advice on a care package I am sending to a friend of mine who is away at college.

So far I am going to send him dried fruits, almonds and trail mix. Do you have any other suggestions? He goes to West Point so I want to send him healthy food and not your average sky high sugar granola bars…

I guess what I am asking is…if you were to get a care package in the mail, what would *you* want?

Thanks Darya!

ps. oooh maybe you can make a video or post about this for all the moms who read this and want to send stuff to their kids that are away in school!

By: Matt Shook

Matt Shook — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:46:40 +0000

You mentioned the best ideas…lots of nuts and firm or dried fruit are a health nomads best friend!

I picked up some amazing local honeycrisp apples at the farmer market this week…I discovered them last year and they are my favorite apple by far.

By: super_luminal

super_luminal — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:50:14 +0000

I travel for work *constantly* and am actually making a point to try to seek out local food wherever I am- Just because I have to burn a ton of fossil fuels, doesn’t mean my food has to! I usually can’t just pack what I need because my travel involves flying but I’m glad to see you are making the attempt. I can’t even tell you how awful it is to regularly be stuck in an airport terminal with nothing but a pizza hut express. I go hungry a lot. Good luck on your trip! Sounds like you’ll be well prepared and well fed.

By: Allie

Allie — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:44:30 +0000

The Empire apples are amazing! They were always my favorite variety on the East Coast and this was the first week I’ve seen them anywhere on the West Coast. So exciting!!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:04:51 +0000

I just had my first paw-paw last week. They are wonderful. Custardy, with notes of banana and mango. They grow wild in the Southeast.

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:00:16 +0000

They always are

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:40:52 +0000

I went to Asilomar for a conference a few years ago, and spent most of the week complaining about the food. I love the idea of packing your own food, and it looks like you have a ton of tasty things! Everybody else is going to be extremely jealous

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:40:46 +0000

I don’t know anything about paw paws, but apparently they are a new world fruit similar to a mango but different.