Monthly Archives: November 2011
Healthful Reading: Our Top 5 Articles for the Week of Nov 21
Hey, all. Hope you had a good Turkey Day. Here's some healthful reading if you're looking for a little motivation to pry yourself off the couch. We sure could use some... USDA: 'Locally grown' food a $4.8 billion business Here's an encouraging stat - the locally grown food business is boomi ...
Cooking in the City: The Grill Pan is a Must-Have
My girlfriend Amanda and I recently dusted off a Christmas present from two years ago - a Grill Pan that she had picked up for me at Broadway Panhandler. She had chosen the All Clad Grande Grille for $100. Big spender! Seriously, though, given my interest in all things food, it was a great g ...
Healthful Reading: Our Top 5 Articles for the Week of Nov 14
Welcome to a new weekly series here on the Dig Inn Blog - our "healthful reading" list. Each week, we'll pick the 5 most interesting, entertaining, and helpful health and wellness articles that we come across. If you have limited time but want to pick up some quick tips on how to eat well ...
Umami: An Old Taste With A New Name
A couple that visits Dig Inn quite frequently, Steve and Linda, recently asked me what "umami" tastes like. Umami, if you haven't heard about it yet, is a relatively hot food concept that some people describe as the fifth taste (in addition to sweet, sour, salty, and bitter). I found it to ...
Know Your Farmer: Natural Earth Farms
Welcome to the Know Your Farmer Series This post is the first of what we hope to be a long lasting, ongoing series here on the Dig Inn Blog - we're calling it the Know Your Farmer Series. The goal of these posts is to offer our readers a brief glimpse into the lives of our farmers and suppl ...
Spaghetti Squash: The Recipe
Spaghetti squash has an awesome, stringy consistency to it, hence the name. It also has an awesome flavor to it, which is why we’re proud to offer it in our restaurants, straight from Long Island. Below is an adapted recipe for at-home use if you'd like to try making it yourself. Don't h ...
Coming Soon: Spaghetti Squash
Being the chef at Dig Inn is awesome – you get to dream up dishes, take trips to farms and talk to the people who actually grow the food, and you always have plenty of high quality food around to eat. You may not realize it, but there’s a lot of trial and error involved in developing o ...