This fall has been a hectic one but included the very fun task of making food for my friend who just had a first baby. Nursing moms (as well as pregnant ladies) are so fun to cook for because they eat a lions share, seem to especially enjoy eating, and really put that food to [...]
Friday, September 11, 2009
We were on foot for four weeks. We never stayed in one place longer than an overnight. Staying around would have meant less time on foot and more time in a hitched ride or bus as we only had the four weeks to get from San Francisco to Portland. The 27 nights went by like [...]
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Challenges make a thing use its greatest capacity to complete a task or, even, to fulfill its purpose. Lacking a challenge, the thing might change its function or go away entirely, leading me to suspect that challenge is crucial to purpose.
Humans’ inclination to displace life’s challenges off of the body and onto a tool has [...]
For the last five days I have been traveling up the California coast with my partner, soon to be hubby, mostly by foot. We have met some wonderfully friendly people who helped us out when they didn’t need to. The air has been fresh and we are getting stronger everyday. The trip has made me [...]
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Last week I found myself in a strange rut of trying new things. That is I couldn’t be satisfied with an easy dinner standby and over and over kept trying new dishes that ended up not working out very well and taking a ton of time. I tried a slow roasted salmon which I don’t [...]
Life with more nourishing food so far has been really delicious and satisfying, it has even had plenty of variety and plenty of sweets. But it isn’t without some sacrifices, particularly in the realm of special treats. The other night my dreams were all about being at a bakery and eating sticky sugary white flour [...]
This is to acknowledge the space that you will experience between the last article and the next. I have many intended posts to share but a quick week in the woods and the preparation thereof is keeping me for a bit of time. The trip this week is to prepare for a Long Walk to [...]
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
After over 1,000 replies (so far) to Michael Pollan’s call for NY Times readers’ own guidelines for eating, I wonder who will be left to read his planned compendium of rules. It struck me after seeing the overwhelming amount of feedback that the volume and variety of responses sort of negates the purpose of such [...]
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 [...]
I realize that for a lot of people mayonnaise is a horrific subject for a photograph. But I made it and it’s delicious and it’s just an egg yolk and olive oil. Not so bad?
Homemade mayo now sits next to homemade salad dressing and is becoming one less processed packaged food we get pre-made. This [...]
