Regarding syndication: Many of you already follow marthaandtom.com by RSS using our “subscribe” link to the site’s feed at the top of the page. If that’s you, thanks for reading! We love to hear from new readers and to see the subscriptions grow. Tom and I have also been using Twitter for a while (twitter.com/marthaandtom), but we haven’t been super consistent about tweeting links to new posts. Currently, I’m working on ways to better syndicate our site via Twitter. The solution? Tiny robots! Tiny robots, that is, working hard for a service called twt.sy (http://twt.sy) created by our friend Peter. I’m also plugging along in an attempt to create our own shortened URLs.

All of this is great for those of you familiar with RSS and Twitter, but I’ve been wondering… would any of our readers be interested in subscribing to (old-fashioned?) updates via email? This isn’t something we’ve made available at this point but I imagine I might be able to employ Tom to figure out the technical bits if we know there’s a demand. Let us know in the comments, and enjoy the weekend!

Do It Green! Annual Green Gifts Fair

• Saturday, November 21st, 2009
• 10am to 5pm
• Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis on Lake St. & Chicago. Ave.
• FREE entrance (vendors accepting cash or check only, though, so come prepared!)

Do It Green! Minnesota’s Green Gifts Fair takes place this Saturday, conveniently before the crazed post-Thanksgiving shopping. Organizers envision the event as an introduction to green giving and low impact ideas to celebrate the holidays with over 70 vendors to explore. Shoppers are encouraged to bring their own bags and coffee mugs. If you plan to eat at Midtown while you shop, consider bringing silverware and a reusable napkin as well. Those who bike, bus, or carpool will receive a free gift at the event. More information doitgreen.org.

Gastro Non Grata: A Salute to Comfort Food and Cans

• Sunday, November 22, 2009
• Doors at 6pm
• 21+
• At the TRIPLE ROCK, 629 Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis
• $5 at the door, additional donations help Craig & Jeff break even.

Beer, food, and music! What more could you want? Northern Brewer will start the night with a Lambic tasting and chef Landon Schoenfeld will present three sample courses as the night goes on. The beer guest for the night is 21st Amendment Brewery. Music by Falcon Crest, Arctic Universe, School of Rock, Cadillac Kolstad, Cornbread Harris, and The Annandale Cardinals. As before, Clancey’s Meat and Fish will provide meat door prizes as only they can. More info at Gastro Non Grata’s blog.

Midtown Farmers’ Market’s Thanksgiving Market

• Wednesday, November 25, 2009
• 1pm to 4pm
• Lake Street and 22nd Ave S near the Light Rail in Minneapolis

Meat, vegetables, apples, bread, chocolates, and canned goods will all be available. Weather permitting there may be crafts as well. Real Bread bread will be available by advanced order: contact Brett at brettlaidlaw (at) eckmeier (dot) com for options. Hilltop Pastures will be at the market as well. According to the market website, they have a waiting list for turkeys, but they’ll be dropping off orders and selling other products on Wednesday. Thanks to midtownfarmersmarket.org for the details!

No exclamation points were harmed in the writing of this post!

Couldn’t resist re-blogging this (via Oh Joy! by Dominic Episcopo). I’m just sorry the U.P. is missing… and that isn’t the best depiction of the L.P. either. But hey, when’s the last time you sculpted a steak?

See two more at Oh Joy! and check out Episcopo’s amazing food photography by navigating to the portfolio’s food section on the aforelinked site.

Sometimes Most of the time I have a hard time describing what we, or maybe better said what I, do here at marthaandtom.com. Tom does a lot of food (beer, and wine, and all of food’s other friends), and sometimes I share in that, but I also like to include a variety of other things. I liked what I saw this morning on Jeana Sohn’s blog. Simple, but not at all limiting:

i’m an artist living in los angeles, CA. i like taking pictures of my daily life and writing about beautiful things.

I would make sure she had one of these (via Design Milk).

This has absolutely nothing to do with the regular content of our blog (cooking, home decor, etc.), but it is a goody. I took this video 1-2 years ago while at my parents’ house and just rediscovered it after I decided to clean out my 1GB memory card.