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The most basic bread

Friday, March 6, 2009

After 12 hours my Zarathustra Bread was done. It is actually very delicious with a really satisfying toothy and chewy texture with an occasional crunchy berry and surprisingly moist. It has a bit of sourness to it, and is more more like a hearty oat bar (or a Scottish oat cake) than bread exactly. I [...]

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Thus Baked Zarathustra

Thursday, March 5, 2009

The name of this bread tells of how ancient it is. Wheat berries (pre-ground wheat) soaked for 2 to 3 days, ground up with salt and dried underneath a hot sun.
I ground mine in a food processor and baked them in a warmed oven (150 degrees)
The appeal to this bread I guess is its basic-ness. [...]

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Taco. Night. Best. Ever.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Everything is totally right about this dinner. It is quick and made of all whole and active ingredients, organic and local. And the flavors are beyond. Beyond.
Pictured above is Taco Night deluxe with a fresh pupusa rather than a simple fresh tortilla. The process was inspired by a Rick Bayless recipe, which at first seemed [...]

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The simplest meal?

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Maybe because I enjoy making the point that you can eat a seemingly endless variety of delicious healthy meals at low cost I haven’t addressed the quintessential tight budget meal of rice and beans. Also because it seems time is one of the biggest barriers to eating well, tight budget or no, and making rice [...]

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Tightening our belts: Scarcity, abundance, and food

Monday, November 3, 2008

I wrote a piece for Pop!Tech’s blog about the impact we can have by paying more for higher quality food but eating less- an approach to eating that can improve our health and the vitality of regional food systems, not to mention reducing the demand that raises global food prices causing serious food insecurity vulnerable [...]

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Eating locally

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

I had always kind of assumed, due to the apparent lack of customers, the Chen’s Garden restaurant on my street was, like the convenience store next to it, a front for more shady dealings. Turns out they are a sweet family making decent take-out just making ends meet. We ravaged the fried rice and mu [...]

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