I had the privilege of attending the Coalition of Supporting Indigenous Ministries (COSIM) conference this week. So inspirational! The highlight by far was the session led by Steve Corbett, co-author of When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself.

When I first read about American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Forests by Rowan Jacobsen, I thought it was going to be a catalog of what areas are known for what foods. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this book goes much deeper than that, calling us to develop a relationship to the foods around us.

After getting inspired at Gleek Retreat a couple of weeks ago, I have been working on an e-book. I need your help!

Welcome to the last life standard of the Simple Living Challenge before we get to the how-tos! To review, some of the reasons we want to live simply include:

Before I jump in to this week’s plan, I thought I should share how it went last week. I discovered I was WAY too ambitious. At the last minute I decided I could work out after work, not realizing that by the time I get home from work, exercise, and make dinner, there is no [...]

Every other week or so we have Sunday dinner with my mom & dad and my sisters and their families. This week Collective Bias provided Cold Stone Cocoa for us to try!

When I was a senior in high school, I worked at Burger King. It is slightly ironic because my name is Wendy (and yes, I got comments about that all the time!). One day a woman came in and wanted to speak with our manager, because she felt we should do away with the plastic ketchup packets and install ketchup dispensers because of the environment. This was the early 90s, so green was not quite as popular back then (remember AquaNet?)

I was recently interviewed by Beyond Laurelville about my commitment to cooking and eating locally! Click here to hear our conversation:

I am itchin’ to get back into the kitchen! When I look at my blog I think my goodness, I haven’t posted in awhile. I mean recipes. Just so you know I’m not slacking, I thought I’d provide a glimpse into the past two weeks:

Just a quick note to let you know I’m in New Orleans! I hope to resume regularly scheduled blogging when I return on Wednesday. I have lots of root vegetables and a huge basket of purple potatoes to cook when I get home so you’ll get to see what I make with them. Happy cooking!