Monthly Archives: July 2010
A drop in the water bucket: trying to do our part
One of the things we try to teach M is not to waste water. Last year, after reading Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It by Elizabeth Royte, I tried to take extra steps to ensure … Continue reading
Avoidance, Confusion and Arbitrary Lines: Signposts Along The Road to a New Diet
In high school and for part of college, I was a vegetarian–although not technically, because I was still eating fish. The reasons behind my choice were 9 parts humane, 1 part teenage rebellion. I wasn’t a healthy vegetarian in … Continue reading
Feeling pretty
M will be 3 in September 2010. Anyone who knows me in real life knows that I am not really a “girly girl”–whatever that really means–and you won’t find much pink among my threads. A few dresses hang in my … Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW: “Spoon Fed” by Kim Severson
I had never heard of Kim Severson or her recent book, Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life, until hearing the tail end of an interview of the author on NPR one evening. Hearing that she was a food … Continue reading
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BOOK REVIEW: “Organic Manifesto” by Maria Rodale
Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World and Keep Us Safe Maria Rodale (2010) By way of background, I read this book after finishing a series of food related books that had, by this point, … Continue reading