HOW TO BEST USE THIS SITE Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. ~Wallace Irwin (1875 – 1959) Embarking on a new venture is becoming increasingly time-consuming, so I am having to make quick work if I am to continue my daily posts, which I want wholeheartedly to [...]
So you eat the chips. The earth eats the bag. And we all live in a cleaner world. ~FritoLay website Not so fast, FritoLay. NOISY PACKAGING I was intrigued to find that the packaging to Frito-Lay SunChips is noisy. Noisy? Further inspection reveals that it is a new form of packaging, made from plant material, [...]
HOW TO BEST USE THIS SITE Cheap food has a very high cost. ~Michael Pollan (1955) 6 WORD SATURDAY Check out the meme aimed at brevity – the opposite of this site – at Show My Face. Marion Nestle, food expert, author and blogger is very concerned about food safety. On her website, Food Politics, [...]
HOW TO BEST USE THIS SITE When in doubt, throw it out. ~Author Unknown TODAY’S PREPARATION ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY On this Friday, meant for discussion of only the good, inspired by This Eclectic Life, I’m going to talk about the bad to keep everyone safe when eating, which is always a good thing. THE [...]
HOW TO BEST USE THIS SITE Cooking is proving to yourself that you can make something that you don’t like into something that you do. TODAY’S PREPARATION NEW OKRA Strolling through the green market, I spied purple okra. Purple! Okra! Late blooming Not quite the vibrant purple of eggplant, it was billed as “drier than [...]
HOW TO BEST USE THIS SITE This #$%! has got to stop. ~Mark Bittman Six Word Saturday and the living is madness. That is, if you get a load of what’s been erected in Times Square. A load of crap, that’s what, called Pop Tart World. A 3,000 square-foot monument to marketing and answers the [...]
It’s a good thing to have fish in our lives. . . . I’m not saying that we should stop fishing or that we shouldn’t have this wild food; quite the contrary. I think it’s a beautiful thing to have abundant, wild food in our lives. . . . fifty percent of our seafood is [...]
Happy and successful cooking doesn’t rely only on know-how; it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to life. ~Georges Blanc (1943 – ) Ma Cuisine des Saisons HERBAL FLOWERS FOR THE KITCHEN If you’re lucky enough to find fresh [...]
You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients. ~Julia Child (1912 – 2004) SPECIAL GUEST TODAY In a bit of SB&C spontaneity, I’ve exchanged posts with Jane, from Australia. We share the date today – her tenth anniversary of open-heart surgery and my birthday – so it [...]
Seeing such continued strong growth in the number of U.S. farmers markets indicates that regional food systems can provide great economic, social and health benefits to communities across the country. ~Tom Vilsack, Secretary US Department of Agriculture GREEN MARKETS GAINING GROUND It’s National Farmers Market Week and the numbers are in, the Department of Agriculture [...]