From my workward walks

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Hands full

As part of the Reverb10 writing project, I answer, sort-of,  today’s prompt: What (or whom) did you let go of this year? With both my hands full, I let fall what cannot fit. I will come back soon.   This has been such a year of picking up new things. There is so much I [...]

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Reverb 10 and my December “blogathon”

I’ve been craving a prompt to get back into the swing of writing my blog – just to get ideas flowing again and redirect myself to this project that means so much to me. With my final exam for my (first ever!) college course just a couple days away, I feel a sense that I [...]

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Food writing, recipe development, and sweet potatoes

I had a great experience at the Smithsonian Resident Associate’s program Food Writing Class with Monica Bhide. I first came across Monica and her talents as a writer and chef at Svelt Gourmand (and made a little post about it) back during the May Blogathon. Monica’s class was part honing our food writing skills and [...]

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A glimpse at what my future kid might be like

This 11-year old presented at a TEDx Talk in Asheville, NC. It’s a little bit adorable and a little bit annoying all at once, but I’m happy that any kid would pick organic farmer over NFL player for his “what I want to be when  grow up” answer.

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A Chef Gets Active after Cancer

From American Institute for Cancer Research‘s summer newsletter- a great story about a fine chef who found the wellspring of her recovery from colon cancer in eating high-quality plant foods and enjoying a variety of physical activities. Sarah Lanzman says she feels better now than before she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer six [...]

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Kitchen daydreams

I recently posted 25 things I want to do before I die. Number 16 was “Have a well-equipped, spacious, welcoming, and well-worn kitchen where people come together over great food.” That got me thinking about what this kitchen might look like. I collected a few pictures to illustrate my daydreams… I love the island and [...]

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“Closing the Food Gap”: why policy matters and voting with your fork is not enough

If you think choosing the best food for yourself and your family is tough, try being poor. Put aside any thoughts you might have in your head about why the poor are poor and all the things you think they should be doing to better their situation, and just think for a minute about the [...]

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What progress looks like

While editing and picking favorite honeymoon pictures, I also caught up on my blog reading (adult onset ADD). Lots of things to make me happy are going on in the world, and I wanted to share a few with you. Who knows what bright ideas might spark the next step in our dream of abundant [...]

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FRESH! : A film review

FRESH! was the first film screened by my newborn Food Films Club. Produced and directed by Ana Joanes, FRESH! highlights inspiring players in the food movement – folks who are key because they’re successfully challenging the status quo and making significant differences on a local level. The message of the film is that these efforts [...]

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