The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke (1723 – 1790) SIX WORD SATURDAY, FOLKS Bringing my six words to the activist column today. Speak Up! Make Your Voice Heard. I hope Cate’s followers at Show My Face will be inspired to take to their [...]
Life is all about timing:Â the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable . . . attainable. Have the patience, wait it out. Â It’s all about timing. Â ~Stacey Charter TODAYS PREPARATION IT’S ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY, AGAIN While closing in on exhaustion once again, I’m taking a break from the gloomy news reports [...]
The average American eats fast food more that 150 times per year. ~NoFreeRefills.org HOW DO YOU SOLVE A McPROBLEM? Some states and localities want to tax sugary beverages. Others try to outlaw selling toys with unhealthy food products.  Corporate fast food spends billions on lobbying against such measures. The other side of the coin is [...]
No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers. ~Laurie Colwin (1944-1992) TODAY’S PREPARATION Who are you who have steadfastly maintained that cooking is difficult? Let me see your [...]
When the logo is gone, you have to call a food what it is. Without the bright red label and the icy-cool pictures on the vending machine, Coca-Cola isn’t Coke, it’s fizzy brown sugar water, and that’s sort of gross. The world is full of branding, and you’ll never escape it, you’ll never protect your [...]
Please consider reducing fast food from your diet for a healthier lifestyle and a better world.~ Koa Halpern (age 12) President, FastFoodFree.org TODAY’S PREPARATION GIVE A DAMN Let’s use the month of July – the month that brought freedom to this country – to promote the freedom of our food supply and to encourage each [...]
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. ~Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell (1903 – 1950) Animal Farm (1945) HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! Today we celebrate winning our nation’s independence from political tyranny and becoming Americans. Two hundred and thirty-four years later, it is time to promote freedom from another [...]
Americans are paying too high a price for and suffering catastrophic health consequences from an overabundance of cheap, empty foods. TODAY’S HOMEWORK 6 WORD SATURDAY Click here for more entries into Cate’s Show My Face meme for other pithy six weekend words. Dear United States Food & Drug Administration: Our food supply has become contaminated. [...]
Talking of Pleasure, this moment I was writing with one hand, and with the other holding to my Mouth a Nectarine — how good how fine. It went down all pulpy, slushy, oozy, all its delicious embonpoint melted down my throat like a large, beautified Strawberry. ~John Keats (1795 – 1821) ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY [...]
You put the lime in the coconut, you take ‘em both together. Put the lime in the coconut then you feel better. ~Harry Nilsson (1941 – 1994) HALF WAY THERE Where has the year gone? We’re half-way through 2010 and Stop Blogging And Cook. I promised you ways to bring joy to a kitchen near [...]