Food & Drink

No Waste: The Nose-To-Tail Lifestyle

June 17, 2013 Food & Drink

photo: mugley I didn’t grow up during the Great Depression or anything, but you’d probably never know it from some of my attitudes — and I’m not the only one; there’s a whole “meme” or groundswell occurring in our society. What in the world am I talking about? You may have heard about the idea [...]

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Salted Caramel Ice Cream

June 2, 2013 Food & Drink

Some people are chocolate connoisseurs. Me, I love chocolate, but prefer vanilla, or its cousin, caramel. So, when the nearly-5-year-old convinced me to make ice cream at home this weekend, I clearly recalled a day in California — before he was even born — where I ventured to make what ended up being the best ice [...]

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Gardening = Heartbreak

February 27, 2013 Food & Drink

This is what my garden looked like this weekend. Wasn’t it beautiful and full of promise? Notice the past tense. That’s because Monday was a day that brought winds — serious winds — to our little corner of the world. I sat inside working with my stomach clenched, keeping myself from peeking outside until the [...]

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I Am Determined to Have a Garden This Year

February 5, 2013 Food & Drink

Our soil is basically non-existent. One might call it limestone. (Note the ubiquitous rocks.) So, last weekend, we had a batch (2.5 cubic yards!) of garden soil trucked in, anticipating that this will be the foundation of our spring/summer kitchen garden. I know, I know, I’ve talked big about having a garden before. But it’s more complex [...]

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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

July 25, 2012 Current Affairs

Photo courtesy Bastrop Cattle Company [View the story "Grass Fed Beef vs Organic vs Natural? What does it all mean? " on Storify]

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Adventures In Raw Milk

March 17, 2012 Food & Drink

When we decided to move here from NYC, we made the conscious decision to skip the suburbs. For various reasons, the city wasn’t practical for us, so we decided to take it all the way and live in the country. Yes, it’s a bit different than living in Brooklyn. One of the advantages, I hoped [...]

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Gardening As A Subversive Activity

November 20, 2011 Food & Drink

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School-To-Cafeteria Inspiration

September 27, 2011 Austin

I feel so lucky that we found an amazing preschool for Rory when we moved to Central Texas. This school has become the center of what we consider our “community” here — so much so that I’m already dreading Rory’s graduation to kindergarten, as we won’t have the excuse to see all the wonderful school [...]

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Ranging Free Fridays

August 26, 2011 California

I was inspired to start this site in part because of all of the beautiful and thought-provoking content created by others. The Internet, for all its flaws, has certainly spawned a revolution of self-expression, and I think our lives are richer for it. I am lucky that my job brings me into contact with some [...]

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Tomatoes!

July 12, 2011 Food & Drink

There is no feeling like that of being overwhelmed with freshly-picked garden-fresh produce. It’s something you want to revel in — that sensation of abundance, the freshness, the deliciousness — but, before long, what sets in is panic. What in the world am I going to do with all this squash, all these cucumbers, 20 [...]

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