notable edibles At a Food Swap, Baked Goods Speak Louder than Dollar Bills How do you measure the worth of chocolate pecan lattice tart? At the Indy Food Swap, it’s calculated in cake pops, loaves of apple bread or jars of zucchini pickles. The swap is a free event held every other month where food lovers trade homemade culinary delights. The next swap is Dec. 10 from 2 to 4 pm at Earth House Collective, 237 N. East St. in downtown Indianapolis. Here’s how it works: Participants bring homemade or homegrown food to exchange with others in silent auction fashion. Swappers can hand out samples to entice bids, then they request even trades as a form of barter. A jar of veggie and bean soup might garner a dozen whole-wheat biscuits or a few jars of grape jam. This interactive approach to grocery shopping has spread across the country via social media, and Indianapolis resident Suzanne Krowiak organized the first Indy Food Swap this summer. Krowiak loves to cook and to share recipes, and she was confident that others in her community would be excited about the creative possibilities of a food swap. “The only thing more fun than making something you love is talking about it with other people who are as crazy about food as you are,” Krowiak says. “So, not only do you walk away from a swap with great food, but there are real social and community benefits to it.” There is no cost, but participants must register on the event’s website. For info: www.indyfoodswappers.com —Joan Jacobs
Photos courtesy of Indy Food Swap
Putting the Nog in Eggnog There is eggnog, and then there is eggnog. We all know the difference. Traders Point Creamery’s variety is the latter: an organic, homemade-tasting nog that puts other store-bought concoctions to shame. The secret to its goodness? Milk and cream from 100% grass-fed cows that roam Traders Point’s dairy farm in Zionsville, plus egg yolk, cane sugar, Madagascar vanilla and spices. For some, it’s just not the holidays until they’ve sipped it. Drink it with a splash of bourbon or rum, or combine it in a blender with vanilla ice cream for an eggnog milkshake. Its quick stint on store shelves has begun—find the nog at Marsh stores, Whole Foods Markets, The Fresh Market and other select retailers through early January. Or, pick it up right at the creamery, 9101 Moore Rd. in Zionsville; www.tpforganics.com. —Erica Sagon Photo courtesy of Traders Point Creamery
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