crop mobs.

What's the best way to break in your brand-new Red Wing boots AND make good use of your Brooklyn facial hair (i.e., to keep your face warm)?

Crop mob!

The latest trend among the (sub)urban agricurious is once-a-month volunteer farmwork, on small farms struggling to stay in business in the age of industrial food production. Our own calendar editor, Trevor Fraser, has spent weekend days working at small farms in Yalaha and other Central Florida towns; he has also, like many of the young people in I'm not sure how much of a blog post it is if I just point you to someone else's blog post. (If you feel cheated, just let me know … maybe I'll make up a gift bag for you! Maybe not! Who knows.)

Ennywez, so I ran across this post on
We have a winner! A resourceful reader was gracious enough to send me FOUR (4) images of the scary papier-mâché sculpture from After Hours. Yesterday's tasteless Nude Nite post has been updated, and the Helpful Reader may claim his prize* at Orlando Weekly offices** anytime after noon today.

* Prize consists of:

one more reason i'd have to call nude nite tasteless.

Although this totem of horror probably tastes just fine, shaped as it is out of "46 lbs of cake and 55 lbs of ganache." It was created/displayed/{shudder} eaten (maybe?) at Nude Nite, which the proud creator calls "Orlando's largest art event." Um. Yeah.

All respect for the technical achievement, I guess. This is probably too advan ...

passion fish.
Be sure to read this week's cover story by Lindy Shepherd about local seafood business Wild Ocean. Wild Ocean has a weekly table at the Audubon Park Community Market (Mondays at Stardust Video & Coffee), and Lindy has been raving about the amazing quality of their Atlantic-caught shrimp since she first bought a pound back around Christmas. If you're considering attempting to live la vida locavore, here's your ticket to Boy, I wish I could go to this. Ten issues! Of a magazine dedicated to articles and art about meat and meat only! Take that, Print-Is-Dead Alarmists.

Party deets after the jump.

awesome OLA fest food-film goodness.
Sometimes it makes us sad when people don't tell us all about their awesome plans, and we weep little bitter tears of left-out-ness. This is one of those times, because Salivation Army just found out – while wearing our other hat as OW's copy editor – that OLA Fest seems to have a strong food-film programming component this year.

Their schedule lists How to Cook Your Life, < ...

last wednesday-night audubon park market.
… before they move to Mondays!

You didn't think they were going away altogether, did you? Silly. Nope, for various reasons (some perhaps parking-related), they're moving the market to Monday nights, still in the Stardust parking lot on fine days and indoors if it's too cold or rainy.

Enjoy! Tell them Salivatio ...

Salivation Army

the power of prayer.

incredible, edible.

crop mobs.

one more reason i'd have to call nude nite tasteless.

passion fish.

awesome OLA fest food-film goodness.

last wednesday-night audubon park market.