On a stroll through Redding’s Certified Farmers Market, I spotted some amazingly beautiful green tomatoes. Yes, GREEN. I had an inspiration. My kids need to try fried green tomatoes. I marveled that I had never made the delicious beauties for… Continue Reading
“Jiro Ono serves Edo-style traditional sushi, the same 20 or 30 pieces he’s been making his whole life, and he’s still unsatisfied with the quality and every day wakes up and trains to make the best. And that is as… Continue Reading
School is back in session and it’s time to pack kids healthy lunches. Packing a healthy lunch that your kids will eat can be a challenge. I have one kid who refuses to eat at school; he finds eating there… Continue Reading
Are you wanting to lose a few pounds and be healthier? Are you struggling to stay on a diet? Are you overweight? Are you obese? This covers most of us, doesn’t it? Well, it’s not our fault, mostly. Up to… Continue Reading
Eleven years ago Laurie and I returned from Eritrea, Africa. While there, any morning we could follow our noses to a bakery. Getting fresh warm whole-wheat rolls wasn’t anything special. It was ordinary and expected. Upon returning to the States,… Continue Reading
COOKED: A NATURAL HISTORY OF TRANSFORMATION, author Michael Pollan, (Penguin Press: New York, 2013). Dig This … COOKED is another good read. Michael Pollan has become a champion of the food movement. Some of my other heroes include Wendell Berry, Barbara Kingsolver,… Continue Reading
In my last piece, “The Future is Exciting,” I started a couple of lists, inviting you to add your ideas about what’s wrong with our society and what should be done to make a better life for our grandkids. So,… Continue Reading
With all of the current problems and future possibilities we face, these are exciting times. Ironically, it’s also a time to be concerned with our survival. It’s more than just preserving our comfortable lifestyle; it’s human survival that’s at stake. … Continue Reading
My food worries have increased. I could take sedatives, but I’m trying another tactic: writing about some of my food dreams. I’ve been chasing my food dreams since 1973, starting in French Gulch with a big garden that fed about… Continue Reading
I fell in love with cannoli in Turin, Italy, at the Terra Madre conference a few months ago. The cannoli I bought were fat but small – like half a pencil long – crunchy on the outside, creamy in the middle,… Continue Reading
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