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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn. ~ Garrison Keillor (1942 – ) THERE’S NOTHING LIKE BREAKFAST My business partner and I went to one of the old diners in NYC. You know the place, where you can get a pastami sandwich heaped on rye for a sandwich that barely fits [...]
I am, of course, disgusted by mass marketing to children. You can imagine my horror when I discovered that it’s virtually impossible to buy a diaper without a . . . corporate cartoon figure on it. It’s deeply disturbing. ~Ian MacKaye TODAY’S PREPARATION 6-Word Saturday again. The weekend meme, sponsored by Show My Face, has [...]
Procrastination is the thief of time. ~Edward Young (1681 – 1765) TODAY’S PREPARATION FOOD SAFETY Marion Nestle alerts readers to the food safety bill currently before the US Senate. The S 510 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act has succumbed to delay for no good reason. If not passed this session, it will have to be [...]
The US government is treating obesity like an epidemic because that’s exactly what it is. It’s time Australia took the same approach. The obesity crisis is not looming. The crisis is already here. ~Professor Kerin O’Dea, Director Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia TODAY’S PREPARATION FILL ‘EM & KILL ‘EM Not to [...]
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. ~Goethe (1749 – 1832) FOOD ELABORATION ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME Michele Simon, writing on Alternet.org, expands on the phenomenon of American corporate food giants selling junk food to the poor in developing nations. She writes: “Recently in Brazil our government [...]
You can’t be held hostage by the economy. Every school has a wealth of community that virtually goes untapped. ~Jim Phair, President PS 107 TODAY’S PREPARATION WHY DIDN’T WE THINK OF THAT? The New York Daily News yesterday reported a sensible solution to the unique problem of feeding ourselves. Under the leadership of Principal Jim [...]
For disappearing acts, it’s hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. ~Doug Larson (1926 – ) TODAY’S HOMEWORK A FEW NEW THINGS What’s up with water? Food & Water Watch is a website that tells you everything you could ever dream of asking [...]