Category Archives: Philosophy
Happy Fourth!
Happy 4th of July, everyone! Just a brief note to let you know that all 5 of our locations are closed for the holiday today. Sorry to disappoint any of you who were looking forward to your daily dose of Dig Inn, but now you have a great excuse - feel free to go ahead and splurge a little t ...
Local Isn’t Always Better
Hey, all. Just a quick post to make a point that's related to our Wild Salmon Salad post from the other day. If you read that post, you're aware of the fact that the salmon we serve here at Dig Inn is from Alaska (Icy Strait Point, Alaska, to be exact). Sourcing salmon from Alaska was a ve ...
Food Is Too Cheap And We’ve All Gotten Way Too Used To That
So we're not sure if you caught this excellent post by NPR's Planet Money - What America Spends On Groceries - from a couple weeks ago, but it really struck a chord with us. We think the data they revealed in that post in large part illustrates what's wrong with the US diet these days. Two gr ...
How We Define “Quality Food” Here At Dig Inn
If you've been reading this blog lately, you'll notice we talk a lot about "quality food" here at Dig Inn. Or maybe you've seen us use the phrase "high quality food" when comparing it to what we call "low quality food" (such as in our recent post - High Quality Food DOES Cost Less And Here†...
High Quality Food DOES Cost Less And Here’s Why
So the biggest news to us last week was the release of a new study by the Department of Agriculture that says that junk food is actually more expensive than healthy food. According to the study, it all comes down to how you measure the quantity of food you're talking about. On a per calori ...
Food 101: Food Miles And Why They Matter
If you like to talk about food like we do, you may have heard the term "food miles" thrown around from time to time. This term refers to the distance food has traveled from where it was originally grown to your dinner table. Given how large and globalized the market for food has become the ...
Customer Question: What Kinds Of Cooking Oils Do You Use?
We're often asked what kind of cooking oil we use in our recipes, and the short answer is primarily extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and canola oil and not that much in general. But there's more to it than that so let me explain in more detail. Cooking oil basics Oils are fat and fats are rela ...