This cooking contest is for the best seasonal recipe. "Seasonal cooking" is a recent trend based on the use of locally produced ingredients as they become available.
In Latin American kitchens, the food changes with the seasons depending on what food is affordable and readily available.
Apparently this is a new trend in the United States as well as people begin to value the health, economic, and local community benefits of buying locally produced food. It encourages healthier eating in our children; it empowers local producers to control production and distribution methods; it enforces better relations between growers and consumers which ultimately gives more people control over where their food comes from.
David Komp's historical account of food trends in the United States, United States of Arugula, has inspired a seasonal recipe contest.
Here are the rules:
"Great cuisines aroround the world developed through human ingenuity when there was only that pile of root vegetables in the root cellar on a cold winter day. We are not restricting the use of onions and garlic, and a hearty winter stew can still call for a carrot. But fruits and vegetables that star in a recipe have their seasons. Salads are made with summer vegetables, not with parsnips and rutabagas. Please see that the star ingredient is accompanied by seasonal friends. Any season is fine. And if you can, buy local produce and be kind to the planet."
Deadline for the contest is December 7th so get cooking!
Click here for entry instructions.
Good luck to all!
