Remembering the Silver Palate

In the throes of organizing a 10th (gulp!) birthday party, but couldn’t let the week pass without noting some sad news on the food front: Sheila Lukins, of Silver Palate fame, has died at the age of 66: read about it here. The Silver Palate Cookbook, now available in it’s 25th anniversary edition, was one of [...]

I’m inspired…

I’ve been thinking a lot about how moving from SoCal to Michigan is going to change our cooking and eating habits, and all I can think is, the change is going to be HUGE. In Torrance, I shop once a week at the farmers’ market, which takes place right next door and is full of amazing [...]

SOLE Food and Pollan, Practiced

With the economic slide continuing, it was interesting to see a piece on Salon.com entitled “Can we afford to eat ethically?” in which Siobahn Phillips writes:
Last month, a report from England found sales of some organic food had fallen up to 31 percent. Ethical food advocates have been worrying about a similar trend in this country [...]

Fast Food Nation: In conclusion…

I’ve been juggling several books and have just now finished Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, which I blogged about a while back. I couldn’t resist sharing two powerful quotes found toward the end of the book – something to keep in mind if you tend to hit the fast food joints on the weekend as [...]

Reducing your “Cookprint”

I have to admit that since I stopped working at the end of March, I have been seriously guilty of sneaking a LOT of reading for pleasure. Full disclosure: I have devoured the entire Twilight series AND watched the movie. It’s a bit ridiculous when you fight over the books with your child because you’re [...]

Reading Recommendation: Fast Food Nation

First published in 2001, Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal is not a new book, but I am finally getting around to reading it because it seems to come up frequently in the bibliographies of food writers active in the locavore movement.

Much of the book takes me back to the required high school [...]

Recommended Reading

I’ve been working on Halloween costumes this weekend (one – the knight – down, one – a Little House on the Prairie ensemble – to go ), hence the lack of recipes and posts, but I must confess that I’m also currently engrossed in not one, but two books by Michael Pollan:
In Defense of Food: An [...]

Gaia Girls Unite!

I just finished reading Lee Welles‘ The Way of Water, which is the second book in her series The Gaia Girls (book one is called Enter the Earth). The series is written for the 9-12-year-old girl crowd (boys will appreciate the action-packed pages as well), but having bought the first two books for my daughter, I figured I ought [...]