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Posts from ‘November, 2009’
Happy Thanksgiving, good people of the blogosphere
If you’re reading this, I survived the run-up to Thanksgiving. Oh, I know. First-world problems, really. I MUST CLEAN. I MUST BUY CRAZY AMOUNTS OF LOCALLY-SOURCED FOOD. I MUST TEAR MY HAIR OUT AND RANT AND ROAR AND WHINE. So, enough already. Here’s the sunny side of the street. For the second year in a [...]
Walmart and the unsustainable Thanksgiving
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on BlogHer on Monday, but I felt it was important enough that I wanted to cross-post it here. I encourage you to visit BlogHer and read the thoughtful comments readers have been posting, as well — I really appreciate hearing everyone’s thoughts on this particular issue. Late last week, [...]
When locavores stray from the path of righteousness
To distract you from any sight of the frenzied house cleaning and Thanksgiving preparations going on at my place, I’d like to send you in the direction of a new blog for which I’ve started writing: Confessions of a Locavore. Ever wondered what deep, dark secrets sworn locavores keep when we’re not eating within 100 [...]
Throwing out the plant
Earlier this year, someone gave me a plant. “You don’t understand,” I said. “I’m terrible at watering plants.” He explained it was the kind that didn’t require much care, just watering once a week, and that it was the kind of plant that helped purify the air. He’d put a lot of thought into the [...]
A seedy admission
“You look awfully chipper today,” said one of my coworkers the morning after my lip-blistering experience with the padrón peppers. “I’m not sure why,” I said. “I’m just rarin’ to go!” She suggested perhaps it had been the peppers, which launched me into a further discourse about their fiery power. And then I admitted the [...]
The challenge of the aged padrón
On Saturday night, I went to Contigo with a friend and learned, sadly, that they were sold out of that night’s padrón pepper menu item. On Sunday, I thought I’d remedied this when I located some red, luscious padróns at Happy Boy Farms’ stand at the Jack London Square Market. I brought them home, posted [...]
Green Thumb Sunday: Late season tomatoes
Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.
Cooking is my therapy
About six months before I moved to Iowa, long before I had any idea I’d be gardening, Steve and I were on the phone talking about our future living situation. We’d determined his first-year graduate school apartment wasn’t big enough for the two of us, and he’d been looking for another place for us to [...]
Who will decorate the 10,000th cookie?
Back in September, at BlogHer Food ’09, I had the distinct pleasure of moderating a panel featuring three bloggers—Pim of Chez Pim, Val of More Than Burnt Toast, and Lydia Walshin of The Perfect Pantry—who talked about how they’re saving the world through their food blogs. The panel was Lydia’s idea, and she used the [...]
