No definitely not vegie only. We had local bresaola for entree (starter) with cauliflower three ways and rabbit cassoulet (with pork hock and wurst) for main course. Plus other courses (starter and dessert). It was delicious.
This week's menu looks fabulous too. She only cooks on Saturday nights and it changes every week.
I had to look up "dukkah" which I'd ever heard of
>Duqqa (also spelled dukkah or dukka) is an Egyptian side dish consisting of a mixture of herbs, nuts, probably hazelnut, and spices. It is typically used as a dip with bread or fresh vegetables, and eaten as an hors d'œuvre.
That's from Wikipedia, but I noticed that several of the hits mentioned that someone first tasted it in Australia. "I'm an expat San Franciscan living in Australia where I discovered the prevalence of dukkah" for example. Or "I first discovered this great mixture while on vacation in Western Australia (WA). It has become a popular seasoning in Australia and can easily be purchased there."
Even the Wikipedia page has an Australian link as a reference.
Wonder how it became popular Down Under.
Hmmm tea from evergreen needles - I'm allergic to evergreen needles, I'd have to do without tea.
If we worried about how far our food traveled we'd be eating nothing but beef, pork, chili peppers and pistachios. :)
...and for 6 months of the year my produce intake would be limited to root vegetables, apples, and locally dried/canned/frozen produce. Of course, there's always tea made from evergreen needles...
I love dukkah. dukkah, olive oil and bread...nom.
didn't realise it was not particularly well known. I figured if it's in nz it would have been popular in other countries years ago!
Ditto sneaks, I'd assumed food miles was a known term world wide for anyone interested in food.
So, the antipodes is (are?) at the forefront of miles and dukkah!
And we've got a burgeoning truffle market with the French queuing up to import it - we can't keep up with demand. Think of the food miles there.
Fortunately, I live where just about anything can be found within 100 miles. I remember reading about some San Francisco-ara people who did the "100 miles" thing for a year. The biggest problems, as I recall, were sugar, wheat, spices, chocolate, and coffee/tea. They finally found some local (and very expensive) flour, but I don't remember what they did for the rest.
Fortunately, there are hundreds of wineries within 100 mile, some of which make brandy, not to mention microbreweries, so I wouldn't have to become a teetotaler. Lots of fruit & veggies year round, but I'd have to eat a bit more seasonally than I currently do, unless I wanted to spend the summer doing a lot of canning & freezing. I'd have to set up a winter herb garden and do without spices and vanilla. Alas, no cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving.
Enough seafood most of the year, including clams, mussels, and oysters. Ocean fish. Crabs, of course. But not much in the way of shrimp and squid is out of the 100 mile range. No problem with dairy, eggs, or meat, but I'd miss some imported cheeses.
All the almonds, walnuts, and pistachios I want, but no macadamias and I'm not sure about hazel nuts.
Plenty of rice, but it would be tough to do without bread & pasta. There used to be a big sugar beet industry here, but it's pretty much gone. There is a cane sugar refinery within 100 miles if I'm willing to also buy stuff produced locally. You can't use honey for everything. Tea would be a serious issue.
So, the antipodes is (are?) at the forefront of miles and dukkah!
Definitely on dukkah, but I think the concept of "local food" is pretty widespread; it just isn't called "food miles" everywhere.
I think local food is a far more acceptable term here in nz. food miles often comes with extremely negative (financial) connotations for a country at the end of the world. Local food is positive and about community. food miles invokes very negative discussions about farming practices and the one sidedness of a food miles argument.