December may be a perfect time to find a new recipe. Camille Kingsolver, daughter of Barbara, has generously offered these earth-friendly (e.g. seasonal, local, sustainably produced), healthy recipes for you and me. The Spinach Lasagna looked great, but the Asparagus Morel Bread Pudding sounds the best. The morels may be hard to find, but you may be able to find dried morels and soak them in water to revive them. Shiitake might work as well. But choose your own!

Last year I cooked what I then declared would be my last turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner. Not that I have anything in particular against turkey in general, I don’t. I kinda like turkey meat, especially cold with cheddar cheese in…

Only if I believe the fiction of the lines more than the truth of the lineless planet, will I poison the earth, which is myself.

An article sent to me by a friend working on the Food Crisis Task Force at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The article points out that private companies and agribusiness are taking land away from…

Just finished reading a compilation of Cesar Chavez’s speeches in an anthology titled An Organizer’s Tale. I had wanted to get a taste (pun intended?) of this legendary man’s ideology. Chavez, who lived from 1927 to 1993, spent the majority…

One bad reason to go GMO. Four good reasons not to…

We fast for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes we abstain from food for medical tests or surgery. Sometimes we fast as a way to “cleanse” or give rest to our digestive system. Sometimes we fast as a form of protest,…

A great article on a local farm, called Norwich Meadows. My friend Rachel’s family is a member of their CSA, and we are working on setting up a CSA directly through our church here in New York City with Norwich…

Interesting article asking us to consider effects of eating local on global markets, especially the world’s poorest in West Africa. By Professor Bill Moseley, of Macalester College (my alma mater!) Farmers in the Developing World Hurt by ‘eat local’ philosophy…

Today, I harvested turnips in the freezing rain. Braced against the wind, I bent over again and again to unearth those savory white treats then bent my frozen fingers enough to twist the tie around four together. “Those CSA members…