foodie

I was recently invited to a bocce tournament, and while this article won’t touch on anything really to do with bocce, here’s to friends coming up with new and creative ways to gather in our beautiful community. 

The invitation said it was an appetizer potluck. Lately, I have been in a bit of a rut cooking-wise. I just returned from a fabulous trip to New Mexico where I indulged in amazing food from one end of the state to the other. Featuring everything from chile rellenos to tamales to enchiladas and, as my stepson put it, “the best beans and rice on the planet.” 

One time my cousin ran into Owen Wilson at a taco place in Maui. She bumped into him at the condiment bar. She struggled to speak, but when she did, she came up with a great word: “condimentation.”

My cousin: “Oh, um, are you in the market for some…um… condimentation?”
Owen Wilson: “That’s a good one! Condimentation! Yes, I am.” 

People in the Columbia Basin have expressed that they want to be able to access healthy, locally grown food. Nineteen projects will make this even more possible, supported with over $980,000 from Columbia Basin Trust’s Food Access and Recovery Grants.