This essay is part of a larger work. I’m not writing this to criticize the Eating Local movement, rather to point out that labeling food and food harvesting is the most dangerous part of this movement. Cool terms are misleading–just ask and advertising agency. Farms of all sizes are necessary everywhere in the world just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The USDA originally designed the food pyramid in 1894 to offer advice and a safe food supply to the American public. You first learned about the food pyramid and the 4 basic food groups in grade school as a healthy way to eat. We’ve been getting fatter ever since. The original pyramid was comprised of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OK, Moms, this is an easy treat that kids of almost any age or skill level can prepare. After all it’s the thoughtfulness that really counts, isn’t it? So even if you are the one who has to go to the store and purchase the ingredients and leave it handy for the family to find […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The tradition of having lamb on Easter dates back prior to actual celebration of Easter, when our European ancestors (and I mean most of them) ranging from Scandinavia to Eastern Europe and down through the boot of Italy and every Greek island, feasted on lamb to welcome the coming of spring. Lamb has always been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your kids will eat this. It only has 7 ingredients, not counting the seasonings and aside from the ham and peas you probably keep everything in stock. As with most of my recipes there is flexibility in in how to prepare it and it only took a few minutes to assemble — then I let […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We had a very large standing rib roast this New Year’s Eve dinner. The left overs provided a splendid cold roast for the next day’s brunch buffet. Michelle’s Mom accompanied it with some of the other dinner left-overs and the usual breakfast things like bacon, sausage and eggs. She also made her warm baked ‘tomato […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I first conceived of the Philander Smith series, I was concerned that it would sound like another space opera or a ‘cowboys in space’ story which has been done many times both well and poorly. So the question is how to set this apart from what has already been done. It would have to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…