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Lunchtime for Locavores

The Denver Post builds a BLT that tastes like summer in Colorado


All-Colorado BLT from The Denver PostPicking just one meal, or even just a dish, to make with ingredients from your foodshed is a thoughtful way to ease into the locavore life. Like a scaled-down version of the One Local Summer challenge -- where participants strive to make one meal a week using 100-mile ingredients -- creating a single sandwich with as many local products as possible can be a fun and educational way to learn more about where your food comes from.

And the Denver Post's food section this week does just that: Crafting a classic Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwich from ingredients they found within a small radius of town. Their verdict: "An all-Colorado BLT is worth the effort."

The article's core is a thoughtful treatise on each component of the classic sandwich -- bacon from Rocky Plains Quality Meats, lettuce from Colona Community Farm, tomatoes from Plateau Gardens, bread flour from Rocky Mountain Milling, and even eggs (for mayo) from Wisdom's Natural Poultry. A sidebar lists contact info for each producer, as well as helpful where-to-buy details for Denverites who want to re-create this classic summer treat.

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Anita Crotty

Anita Crotty

Anita Crotty is co-author of Married... with Dinner, an award-winning food blog that chronicles the continuing adventures of "a couple of San Francisco food dorks." Anita and her husband Cameron are both professional writers, amateur cooks, and avid diners.
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