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A Toast…

...to the newest members of the Ideal Bite team - a dashing duo responsible for tracking down the latest and greatest that's green in Los Angeles and Chicago, getting the facts (ma'am), and generating the entertaining text that lucky locals in those areas will get to bite into as of next Tuesday. Na zdrowie!

And now for the introductions...personally speaking, here's what they had to say.

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Los Angeles Local Editor, Molly Roemer

Eco-confessions: I love being a surf bunny while my boyfriend chases waves all over the world, so I fly a lot. Even though nobody walks in LA, I do go to the market à pied, answer "neither" when asked "paper or plastic," and drive a Prius to keep my footprint a bit lighter.

Wanna Spy? You can find me on my yoga mat, namely at Liberation Yoga, where I teach and practice. This independent spirit of a studio is like Cheers to me.

Favorite Animal, Vegetable, Miracle? Animal: Definitely cats. I'm pretty sure that I was one in a past life. Vegetable: Probably a beet, since it's earthy and rooty, and I have a sweet tooth. Miracle: This might sound cliché, but I'm pretty blown away by the miracle of life.

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Chicago Local Editor, Alison Lara

Eco-confessions: As an incurable (and probably insufferable) gourmet, it's got to be imported foodstuffs. I know they're producing fine prosciuitti in Iowa these days, but I've tasted jamon iberico and there's no going back. I do carry it home from the store in a reusable bag, though...

Wanna Spy? If I could, I'd take up residence at Avec, a wine bar with amazing Mediterranean small plates. Or Hopleaf, the ultimate pub with a micro-brew list and moules-frites that slay me. (Catching the food theme yet?)

Favorite Animal, Vegetable, Miracle? Animal: I've never had a pet, but I think baby turtles are supercute. Saw a few hatch on the beach on my honeymoon. Vegetable: Summer-ripe tomato. Probably my desert-island food, if you don't count olive oil. Miracle: Language. I'm a sesquipedalian, aka word nerd, at heart.

Haven't signed up for the Chicago and LA editions (or at least told your friends about them)...still? Do it here, and enjoy.

-Jenifer Morgan...off to open some biodynamic bubbly...

Posted by: tmeronek on 01/25/2008
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KhakiBlu  on January 25, 2008 at 09:01 AM 1
Love that y'all are branching out! Can't wait to see a southern location...Perhaps Tampa or Miami?
Erica  on January 25, 2008 at 09:21 AM 2
Squeaky wheel gets oiled, so-- Come to Boston! Come to Boston! Come to Boston!
Pascal Gillon BASc of infogatherer.com  on January 25, 2008 at 10:39 AM 3
Hi Jen, Cool, those gals seem to have the positive holistic attitude that people need to rub off them. Hey, Molly should speak to Siel of http://greenlagirl.com/ They would have a blast to share some green Los Angeles "data" on what's going on there! Au revoir...
allison  on January 25, 2008 at 11:01 AM 4
welcome to the new team members! (not to add to the noise, but...) WASHINGTON DC! little bit east coast, little bit southern, a whole lot o' politics-- we need some BITE! (thanks guys)
cheryl  on January 25, 2008 at 11:09 AM 5
How about the DC-Baltimore region too?!? From our very own Maryland Chamber of Commerce: "Commuters in the D.C. area spend almost 60 hours a year stuck in traffic, while Baltimore-area commuters spend more than 40 hours in traffic jams..." Also, there's a farm near Baltimore that has a CSA program, but sells to Whole Foods to survive -- the produce ends up in Maryland grocery stores, but has to travel to Chicago first! Argh!
Toni Wheeler  on January 26, 2008 at 03:20 PM 6
Love your site, I have a local farmers market and my main produce farmer grows hydroponic veggies. We are also nursery folks and have my husband started recycling the black nursery pots and has made stacks with them that we grow all sorts of herbs and some veggies in. They are great looking and you can make them all heights, they are ideal for patio and small spaces and handicaped folks as well.
maura  on February 01, 2008 at 01:19 PM 7
I thought it was interesting that in a survey of our oil and fuel consumption--flying is the number one offender. Maybe fly not "a lot."
Jana  on March 10, 2008 at 03:18 PM 8
I love the additions to the LA team. I'm a HUGE fan of Liberation Yoga! Congrats to you two. Touche on the fly-a-lot offending comment.
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