The Goods Are Odd

There is nothing like a little scientific controversy to make a person feel like that guy with two watches. I got a bit mired in the discussion about how much vitamin D people need after we started to take fermented cod liver oil on a semi-regular basis. I wasn’t specifically looking to learn more [...]

There is a real joy in feeling resourceful, even with simple things. One of my favorite things to figure out is how to stretch the use of something and my least favorite thing is to waste food. The main focus of all this writing here has been how to eat well on a budget, but [...]

There is a good discussion going on at the great blog Cheese Slave on ways to cut back on spending and still eat good real food, whether that’s cutting back on the food itself or cutting back in other areas of life. The ideas behind living mind to mouth are important in the effort to [...]

 (note the eggs should actually be beaten before going in, but I took artistic license)
Making pasta, I have now learned is not hard at all. It’s not convenient or fast, but it certainly isn’t hard. But guess what else it is? Cheap! Yes. Homemade pasta from local organic flour and local organic cage free eggs [...]