We cooked five pumpkins in all for my “food appreciation” classes this week, each one a bit smaller than a bowling ball. That left quite a load of pumpkin seeds. Several of the kids asked if we would be roasting the seeds. Well, not exactly “we.” While we were preparing the pumpkins for baking for […]
One of the more pernicious aspects of modern agriculture is the manner in which most of the seeds needed to feed the world’s population have fallen into the hands of a few chemical companies. Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, Dow–these are the leaders. Fully 55 percent of the seeds used to grow the world’s food are sold […]
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I’ve been commiserating with Kevin over at Seriously Good about not having enough hours in the day for cooking and writing and working. Well here’s a news flash: It’s Spring, and food needs to be planted. What you’re looking at here is a view north on our corner lot in the District of Columbia. I […]
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