Justin Cascio
- Location
- Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
- Birthday
- September 16
- Title
- Writer
- Bio
- Justin writes about food and cycling, among other subjects central to his life. He lives with his husband in western Massachusetts.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Conan O’Brien’s Joke About
Olympic Female Weight Lifter
Holley Mangold Isn’t Funny
August 02, 2012 07:00PM - Titans Receiver O.J. Murdock
Apparent Suicide
August 01, 2012 10:50PM - How to harvest the fruits of
the field
August 01, 2012 12:36PM - Summers in Maine
July 31, 2012 10:30AM - What Is Sustainability?
July 30, 2012 03:30PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “If "economic collapse"
means the food industry as we
know it
stops
func…”
July 30, 2012 09:16PM - “That's high praise,
coming from a Greek! Many
thanks,
Stathi.”
March 17, 2012 02:10PM
JULY 31, 2011 4:54PM
Convenience food
Preparing several dishes ahead of time allows me to pack different meals for my husband when he works through lunch and dinner at the office.
For a typical 9-to-5er, who comes home hungry to more hungry family members, the idea of a home cooked dinner isn’t a welcome relief at the/…
JULY 31, 2011 4:54PM
Getting the best from your farm share
Are you new to CSAs? If this is your first season in Community
Supported Agriculture, welcome! A farm share is a great way to eat
locally, and support a local farmer.
In case you haven't heard of a CSA before, this is how it works: you purchase your share of the…
In case you haven't heard of a CSA before, this is how it works: you purchase your share of the…
JULY 31, 2011 4:52PM
Using more of the plant
The closer you are to growing your own, the more you can take
advantage of every edible portion of the plant. When I read
That’s Not Trash, That’s
Dinnerâ€, it got my wheels spinning. I like the
idea of making a chic little salad out of shredded broccoli stems,
and I…
JULY 31, 2011 12:09PM
Walky Dog brings cyclist's best friend along for the ride
If you can ride a bicycle and are looking for a way to exercise
your dog more, without having to get a lot more exercise, yourself,
consider a Walky Dog. This is a great alternative for some or all
of...
JULY 29, 2011 1:33PM
Eating food: how to tell if you're doing it wrong
In my first post, I wrote that when it comes to food, many people
are doing it wrong. I imagined the defensive hackles this could
raise. How can I say “your diet is
wrong�
It boils down to this: Whether you have goals or not for your diet, if your diet… Read full post »
It boils down to this: Whether you have goals or not for your diet, if your diet… Read full post »
JULY 29, 2011 10:59AM
Choosing cuts of meat for the grill or broiler
I worked behind a meat and seafood service counter for three years,
and got to know some of my customers' meat purchasing habits. There
were the ones who would only buy ribeye, and the people who avoided
visible fat like it didn't taste good or something crazy like that.
Worst were…
JULY 27, 2011 11:22PM
Wheeling for Healing bike race deadline this Friday
Wheeling for Healing, in its fourth year, will be on Sunday, August
21, 2011. The pre-registration deadline for Baystate Health
Foundation’s fourth annual bike race is this Friday, July
29.Wheeling for Healing benefits cancer services and...
JULY 26, 2011 12:44PM
Why I eat meat, and other living foods
In essence, I eat meat because I really, really like to eat meat,
and see nothing particularly wrong with eating meat.
I’m a living thing, a cow is a living thing,
and so is a tomato plant. All of our lives are precious to
ourselves, I assume, while knowing that consciousness…
JULY 25, 2011 9:00PM
In Holyoke, the tour takes you-- cycling
Bicycle tours of three Holyoke properties are leaving from the
farmer’s market in Holyoke on Saturday mornings. Get carried
away to the age of dinosaurs, and other nearby wonders, on a tour
led by a Springfield eighth grade...
JULY 25, 2011 6:52PM
Cool salads
This past January, I resolved to eat more raw foods. Near the end
of winter—in
the spring, really, but before any hint of spring produce in
the markets—a co-worker turned me on to a food blog with an
amazing celeriac salad. Authentically French, with an uncommon
flavor and a refreshing, c…
JULY 22, 2011 2:32PM
Food (in)security
“Food security†is one of those
buzzwords organizations throw around when
they’re fishing for grant money. Now that I
think about it, I might even go fishing, myself, because one of the
most important ways that I flex my giant humanitarian love is by
teaching people how
to become more food…
JULY 21, 2011 2:41PM
Cooler ice
How I like my coffee in the
summer: ice cold
It sure is hot outside. I usually drink water most of the day, but
after sweating a lot, I want something a little more replenishing
and refreshing. Something with ice, and maybe sugar.
Plain ice
My freezer doesn’t have an ice cube maker, so… Read full post »
Plain ice
My freezer doesn’t have an ice cube maker, so… Read full post »
JULY 21, 2011 10:23AM
Bike polo takes cycling for a spin
Ready to take your bike in a whole new direction? Cycle polo,
traditionally played on grass, has become popular as an uban sport
in cities with strong bike courier communities. Urban, or hardcourt
bicycle polo is played on asphalt: in...
JULY 20, 2011 10:49AM
Welcome to the Tin Foil Toque
Someone on the internet is wrong... about food. Here on the Tin
Foil Toque, everything you learned about food (and we know that
most of what you learned, you learned on the internet) is wrong.
But it's okay: we're here to help.
First rule of Tin Foil Toque Club: Do not don… Read full post »
JULY 18, 2011 1:59PM
Cycling with babies and small children this summer
Bicycling is a fun way for the whole family to get exercise
together. In the heat and humidity of summer, bicycling is a way to
get out of the house and moving without feeling so heavy and sweaty
as walking...
JULY 16, 2011 9:09PM
Springfield’s oasis in the food desert now delivers: by bicycle
The Six Corners neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts is the
home of Gardening the Community, a youth-led food justice
organization that has been gardening abandoned city lots since
2002. You can find GtC’s young gardeners and Youth...
JULY 15, 2011 9:03PM
Gardening the Community an oasis in Springfield's Six Corners
The Hancock Street
garden
Gardening the Community youths
deliver their produce to market by bicycle
Childhood obesity and diabetes disproportionately affect people of color, poor people, and people who live in what are called “food desertsâ€: places where corner stores may abound, but… Read full post »
JULY 14, 2011 2:43PM
Grilled sandwiches
A perfectly grilled egg and
cheese sandwich has broken, fully-cooked yolks. For crispy and
brown toast, don't skimp on the butter, and don't use a very high
heat.
A tasty summer pairing: iced
coffee and a grilled sandwich won't heat up the kitchen.
Skills and skillet.
I’ve got the techn
… Read full post »
JULY 6, 2011 6:31PM
Be a cycling hero this summer in western Massachusetts
The Tour de France (July 2-24) is front page sports news, but here
in western Massachusetts, we prefer to support our local heroes.
You can be one, too! Hungry for a challenge, Springfield cyclists?
Here are two ways you...
JULY 2, 2011 12:55PM
High speed rails a rising tide that will raise all boats, including cyclists
For cyclists who ride through Northampton, this is an important
intersection. The City of Northampton portion of the Norwottuck
Rail Trail leads here from Look Park in Florence, to the northwest,
and crosses King St near the Stop N&rsquo...
JUNE 29, 2011 5:15PM
Free for all: black raspberries
Black raspberries (Rubus
occidentalis), are native to the northeastern United
States.
If you are on the bicycle paths of
Northampton in the next few days, look for ripe black raspberries
along the paths. The plants grow wild along embankments in swampy
areas. Some are close to people's homes, a… Read full post »
JUNE 28, 2011 9:42AM
Hudson Valley cyclists tour the Pioneer Valley
Last Saturday, bicycling enthusiasts from just west of us in New
York State took a short drive over the state line to enjoy a
cycling tour of southwestern Massachusetts, looping from just south
of the Mass Turnpike, down into the...
JUNE 27, 2011 10:13PM
The Greatest Scape
The garlic scape is a part of the garlic plant. (Photo credits: Scape, Wikimedia Commons. Dried garlic bulb, lowjumpingfrog on Flickr)
Perhaps you’ve seen these at the farmer’s market or in your farm share recently: a green, curling shoot with a segment in the middle and a tapering/…
JUNE 23, 2011 1:49PM
Bicycling in the rain, summer version
Among bicycling enthusiasts, even "hard core" cyclists, there is
still a surprising amount of prejudice against bicycling in the
rain. Snow or ice can be unstable surfaces, and cold presents its
own difficulties, but puddles, a light...
JUNE 23, 2011 10:17AM
Cycling film attendees decide who win festivals
The seventh annual Boston Bike Film Fest will be October 14-15,
2011, and is accepting submissions of independent films through
September 1. According to Cat Bryant, "We will consider almost
anything, as long as it'...
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