Down with dairy: how I became a snob about yet another food product
April 20th, 2010 -- Posted in san francisco, the city | No Comments »
Does it seem strange that I have a favorite dairy farm? Does it seem strange that dairy would be something I would feel extremely passionate about? If you answered yes to the above questions, you’re perfectly right (if you answered “no,” you just know me too well); dairy isn’t something most of us think a lot about. I sure didn’t until recently - yet once I was converted it soon became clear I would no longer be able to continue as I had been.
Since my food awakening about two years ago at the hands of San Francisco and Michael Pollan, I’ve been steadily chipping away at the foods which I find acceptable to eat. I’ve adopted a diet that is devoid of beef and pork, focuses heavily on products and produce that are locally-made and opts for cage-free poultry when I eat meat. I do most of my grocery shopping at farmer’s markets, trying to build the foundation of my diet with what I can get directly from the growers and producers ~ and in San Francisco, that goes way beyond produce! I regularly purchase the most delicious ravioli, freshest bread, flavorful sorbet, sweetest honey, crispiest almonds, tastiest dried fruit and so forth, right from the people that make these things. I’m obsessed.