The Weblog
The local foods movement is alive and well in Champaign County! Here are some updates on other projects while we finalize our virtual market:
Local Producers Map:
Our local producers map is ready for publication and you will soon be able to find it on gochampaign.com. Copies will be distributed around the community, in the local telephone book, and other “hangouts”. The guide lists the location and contact information for nearly 50 local producers within our county. The map was a project of the Local Food Council and printed with the help of some local sponsors including the Monument Square District, Champaign Bank, the Community Improvement Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Farm Bureau and others. It is a great start to finding a local source for Champaign County’s finest!
Soul Kitchen
Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove…
(The Doors – Soul Kitchen
Soul Kitchen…if you follow the Cosmic Charlie Facebook page, you know that the Cosmic kitchen is often referred to as the Cosmic Soul Kitchen.
Soul kitchen comes from my early love of, The Doors and Jim Morrison. It also reflects my early California days when I lived in Venice Beach, grooved to the bohemian scene, absorbed the tales and haunts of earlier times from some of my favorite rock stars. Don’t even get me started on my time spent living in San Francisco and my love of The Grateful Dead:)
Anyway, in my early, early teens, I had a deep love of all things The Doors. My room was plastered with posters, my early college dwellings were a meca of posters of Jim…
When I moved to Los Angeles, I knew that my very first apartment out of college needed to be in Venice Beach. I knew that The Doors used to hang at a soul food restaurant called, Olivia’s, in Venice Beach. I loved being so close to so much rich history in the rock world. I also had befriended people who lived up in Laurel Canyon which thrilled me to be able to travel the roads and imagine where Jim lived, where Joni lived, where all the magic happened in the 60s and 70s.
Anyway…I have adopted, Soul Kitchen, as the Cosmic baking area, with a loving nod to my love of The Doors. Tunes blare when I am hard at work at baking, and so it seems appropriate that this tune joins our Market Love playlist.
And, with that, we did a HUGE playlist drawing…here are the week’s winners…
*Laurie Cuddington
*Julia Gibson
*Cortney Brugh
*Robert Munch
Congrats!!!
The drawings continue, each week!!! The fun never ends at our little locally grown market!
And, the Cosmic Coupon of Love winner is…
*Kay Schenkel!!
Way to rock the market, locavores!!
See you all at pick up, tomorrow night!!
Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam