When I first saw promos for The Colony, a new reality show on the Discovery channel, I was excited. Here would finally be the ideal show about handmade things. If you haven’t heard about it, the premise is that there’s…
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Self-Reliance or Staged Theater?
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Bear Grylls, Discovery Channel, food, foraging, hunting, television, The Colony
Canning
Our garden is now overflowing with vegetables, and neighbors are giving us ripe tomatoes before they drown in them, we have more than we can eat. Solution: canning! My early thoughts on canning were rosy-hued and nostalgic, based on this…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: blueberries, canning, children's books, food, gardening, preserving, tomato sauce
Animal, Vegetable, Haranguing Lecture
I finally finished Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I’ll start by saying I had high hopes for the book. For an entire year she and her family committed to local sustainable food, most of it grown and harvested themselves. Now…
Salaam!
For years I’ve been driving past a grocery store near our house. It underwent a major renovation recently but we still hadn’t been inside. One day, my wife and I said. We went this weekend, expecting it would have some…
There’s No Going Back
I wrote in the past that I’ve been trying to shop the outside of the grocery store, meaning that I avoid processed foods and try to buy just raw ingredients. We’ve managed to do that in our household, so I…
Food, Glorious Food
I picked up our CSA box yesterday at the farmer’s market. It feels like an inside deal, a members only benefit. My weekly box comes in an unmarked plastic tub. I couldn’t wait to peek inside. Picture 1128 Picture…
Eating and Killing
If you think the blog title today is brutal, you must be a Fruitarian. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, it’s for people who only eat fruit. There are also strains of vegans that only eat food fallen naturally from…
Methylchloroisothiazolinone (And Other Yummy Ingredients)
My recent trip to the verdant hills of Sonoma reminded me that food is a luxury, and fresh simple ingredients always win out for health and taste. So I was pleased to read this morning in Salon that an expert…
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Food, Glorious Food!
I used to work with a guy that had multiple food allergies ranging from wheat gluten to chocolate. He said he shopped the outside of the grocery store—produce, meats, dairy, and bakery. That way he avoided all the pre-made and…
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