In
between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there is a new shopping day
designed to bring awareness to the fair trade movement. The goal is to
get shoppers to be mindful of their global footprint during the holiday
shopping season. Fair trade items include everything from coffee to
jewelry, from fashion to novelties. When shopping fair trade, every
purchase enriches a life.
There is an opportunity to shop at Partners Fair Trade Boutique located inside The Unity Center on "Fair Trade Sunday". The Unity Center is located at 8999 Activity Road San Diego. The boutique will be open from 8-5pm.
Fair Trade Alternative Gift Fair
First Lutheran Church downtown is having their annual gift faire today
11/30. Sample fair trade foods while shopping. This event
benefits Lutheran World Relief and other Fair Trade Partners. 10-2pm
Your chance to buy unique fair trade gifts for the holidays is just around the corner. We are lucky in San Diego to have several shops that sell fair trade year, but once a year several fair trade vendors gather under one roof at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral making it easy for you to find the perfect gift for your loved ones.
Last weekend my son and I along with some friends went to Julian, CA to pick apples. Julian is a quaint town just outside of San Diego; its history dates back to the California Gold Rush of the 1840s.
My son and his friend, both toddlers, enjoyed picking and eating a ton of apples while at the orchard. And then we had apple pie at Julian Apple Pie Company too. It seemed they couldn't get too many apples that day!
Upon returning home I knew I needed to make use of these apples before they went bad. I decided on a fair trade apple galette for practical reasons: it is tasty and easy.
When I returned to Ohio this summer to visit family and friends a friend of mine made a mixed berry galette; it was so good and she explained that it was also so easy.
The fair trade apple galette that I made was simple a baker of any skill level could make it. And to make it even easier I used puff pastry instead of making my own dough. I did make my own whipped cream too (recipe included), which is also remarkably easy.
Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Lay puff pastry onto a round pizza pan or cookie sheet.
Mix apples and lemon juice together in a bowl until evenly coated; add sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Toss to evenly coat apples. Spread apple mixture into the center of the puff pastry and fold edges of pastry toward the center. Brush the folded pastry edges with about 1/2 the egg.
Refrigerate pastry-apple mixture for flavors and pastry to settle, about 10 minutes. Brush pastry with remaining 1/2 egg.
