
The long-awaited burger cook-off was yesterday. It was so much fun!
Eating and living locally . . . mindfully . . . simply.

We’re friends, right? So I feel I can tell you about my cookbook organization system or lack thereof. I have talked before about my cookbook addiction. The photo above is the top two shelves of my bookshelf, which is what I told myself I’d limit myself to. When I keep getting review copies, it’s not easy!

Image from Truvia.com Yesterday I handed out oranges as a volunteer at the Grand Rapids marathon. I realized how much weight I’ve lost and gained; and how I miss running and feeling healthy. I talk about it from time to time on this blog, but it’s time to DO something. So I’m taking the Truvia Challenge.
In honor of world food day, I’m going to share a letter from Davis Omanyo, one of my coworkers. He lives in Uganda and oversees all of CRWRC’s work in East Africa. Sometimes it seems like the media always shares depressing stories when reporting about hunger; I wanted to share some positive things that are happening.

For those of you following my progress on cooking through all the recipes in Simply in Season, I thought I’d let you know that I have about 70 to go, so obviously I’m not going to finish by the end of next week! I’m hoping by the end of September now.

“Cancerous is exactly the state of our twenty-first-century global food empire. Whither concentrated orange juice, thither the vast, unmeasured apparatus of commodities markets, shipping fleets, wholesale buyers, and shopping carts.” p. 124 Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations, Evan D.G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas

One of the things I love most about my CSA is the Yahoo Group where members post tips and ideas for using the vegetables we get in the share. Last week fellow member Kathy Simon share her list of kitchen “must haves.” She let me share it with you!

DH is such a sweetie! He put in a garden bed for me this weekend and also helped fence in the garden area to keep the bunnies out. The bunnies have eaten my beets and carrots but the peas survived. The bag garden is working well for them, but after the peas are finished we’ll take them out and put a more permanent bed in.

In 2004 I had the privilege of visiting Bangladesh. I had just started working for the international relief & development organization for which I still work. In high school I had gone on a youth group mission trip to Costa Rica, and in college I studied for a summer in London, but I had never experienced anything like the month I spent in India and Bangladesh. It was like my eyes were opened. The girls in the photo here stole {Read More}
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