Cooking is really important because it’s the only way we’re going to take back control of our diet from the corporations who want to cook for us. – Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules When I was a teenager I refused to learn how to cook because I did not want to grow up to become […]
Tag: organic
fishing for food
The grocery store contains every ingredient I could possibly want to create any culinary masterpiece I can dream of. All I have to do is hop in my car, drive a few blocks and pick out what I need from inviting aisles that freeze, cool, heat, keep dry, or moisturize their well-stocked shelves. There’s even […]
patio garden – update
Growing a veggie garden has got to be one of the easiest and most rewarding things to do. This is my first time, and when I brought home the tiny, vulnerable seedlings from the nursery I knew practically nothing about gardening. But with a little nurturing and attention, they’ve come a long way! The other […]
this week’s local farm delivery
I think it’s so cool that all this was grown or made within 30kms of my house! See my other post for more details. Each week I get a surprise basket full of veggies and fruit that are in-season. I don’t get to decide what I receive, and occasionally I get something that I don’t […]
starting a patio veggie garden
A few weekends ago Tyson and I went to the local nursery and spent a couple of hours admiring their latest selection of vegetables. Our original plan to venture on a fact-finding mission quickly turned into locating a shopping cart and loading it with the nicest specimens of soon-to-be food-bearing plants we could find. Hey, […]