Posted in Chickens, Food, Gardening, tagged arugula, Gardening, lettuce, peas on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It may not be apparent, but it was my interest in gardening that first led me to keeping chickens. I love to garden, and I really love to grow food. It makes me feel empowered and more in touch with my body, and it also makes me feel somewhat…virtuous.
From looking at history through books and [...]
Posted in Cycling, Food on June 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been so busy doing stuff that I just keep putting off blogging. The more I put it off, the more anxious I get about how I’m going to post something really long. So, I’m just diving in tonight.
The weather has been great for cycling, so I’ve been riding in to work twice a week. [...]
Posted in Food, Vacations and Travel, tagged Mexico on February 21, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve finally uploaded the few photos I have from my Mexico trip to my Flickr account. I didn’t take very many photos myself, and the following series was taken by Harriet (thanks!).
Raquel, one of the ladies on the spa trip, grew up in Mexico. One evening, she shared with us a type of fruit that [...]
Posted in Books, Food on October 18, 2006 | No Comments »
I’ve been thinking about food a lot lately. This is partly because I’ve been on a diet, partly because of the whole e. coli/spinach fiasco, and partly because of a fabulous book I recently finished: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan.
When Omnivore’s Dilemma was released in April 2006, I snatched it up at the bookstore. [...]
Posted in Food on October 13, 2006 | No Comments »
Apparently, some people in this country will eat anything that’s been deep fried. Anything. And just what do you wash this down with?
Posted in Food, tagged Hyderabad, India on July 26, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I’m here for work, so I haven’t been out sightseeing and being a tourist for the past few days.
Commuting to the office through a small traffic jam.But, I have been able to take full advantage of one benefit of visiting India: the food.
India has an extraordinary culinary heritage, and it has the best vegetarian food [...]
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