I once had a job opening envelopes. All day long. I quit after four days. It was either that or take up a drug habit to survive the mindlessness. I thought about that experience today, as I was sautéing plums to freeze for winter. I did this last year and the...
It was a mad day. Although a balmy 80 degrees by 10 in the morning, nightfall was predicted to bring a hard frost, i.e., the kind that extinguishes plants on contact, especially the more tender summer crop plants. So I headed out early to bring in the last of the...
It's not surprising that we think of vegetables as inanimate objects. After all, we generally buy them in gigantic stores where, displayed in the next aisle over, might be anything from beauty products, pharmaceuticals and miscellaneous hardware items to winter...
How many times in a day do we touch something that's alive? I can think of plenty of non-alive things we come in contact with: the steering wheel of a car, packaging for a breakfast bar, computer keyboard, coffee machine, coffee cup, gym equipment, machine-made...
Parsley. It's all over my garden. That's because parsley is one of those re-seeders. Plant it once and thereafter, wherever there's the smallest patch of unoccupied soil, parsley will take up residence. Could be an example of abundance. But it could equally be...
Yesterday's post talked about extravagance--something we get to indulge in because autumn is such a generous season. There's a flip side, however: Autumn isn't bountiful with everything, only produce that ripens at this time of year. While the collection of...
Autumn is such an extravagant time. Take red peppers, which come into season in the fall. At any other time of year, organic red peppers can cost $3.50 a piece and should I buy one, it would be frugally parceled out into at least three dishes. In autumn, however, a...
"That's a lot of work!" Put up a couple boxes of tomatoes, pick my neighbor's plums so they don't go to waste or spend a Saturday morning stocking up at the Farmers' Market and there's a good chance I'll be met with exclamations about how much effort that must have...
Food Day is my kind of day--a day to celebrate food that is safe, healthful, affordable, local, seasonal and most of all delightfully delicious. All over the country, there will be potlucks, film screenings, talks, food drives and other events in honor of Food Day. ...
What’s a swirl of pink stuff doing on our healthy eating blog? Here’s the better question: Why’s this pink stuff being fed to our kids–and dogs?
Looking for quick lunches that are wholesome, too? The frozen foods aisle has a good selection of real, whole foods all washed, cut and ready to pop in the microwave. Combine with a few strategic deli purchases and ready made sauces for a meal that’s faster than fast food but still tasty, fresh and healthful.
Need a Fast Dinner or Lunch? Make Creative Use of Your Refrigerator's Treasures I promise to stop talking about beets--but not yet. After our final class on beet relish last night at Isabelle Farm, I came home with another pile of beet greens--my third in as many...