• Uncategorized

    Food Revolutionary Alive and Kicking

    Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse in Berkeley and an activist who helped revolutionize the culinary landscape in the United States through her books and The Edible Schoolyard Project, makes lunch with Kim Severson from the New York Times in the article entitled, Lunch with Alice Waters, Food Revolutionary.

    Alice’s new book: The Art of Simple Food–focused on locally produced, seasonal foods–is due out October 2, 2007. At the age of 63, Alice continues to fight the good fight because, as the article says, “True, radical change — a country full of people who eat food that is good for them, good for the people who … Read More

  • Uncategorized

    Desiccation and Desecration

    Laura Ingalls Wilder once asked: “Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?”

    It’s a question I prefer to ignore.

    What does my desiccated, desecrated garden say about me? Perhaps it says Matt and I moved to Colorado in June, unpacked our entire lives and built a garden in a week, spent all day every day in Montessori training through June, July, and August, moved into and organized our classrooms, and started our first year of teaching in a Montessori classroom.

    Excuses, excuses. At least my quasi-valiant attempt inspired one person to start a garden. And she actually followed-through on her attempt. That … Read More

  • Uncategorized

    It’s a Miracle

    After many batches of guacamole, too many toothpicks, and an abundance of stained plastic cups, Matt and I have succeeded in hatching our very own avocado plant. Maybe I shouldn’t speak too soon. I don’t want to jinx it.

    It’s pushing through the ground. Yes, Matt did prematurely dig it up a little, but now it is legitimately sprouting on its own. Hooray!

    [I’m ignoring the fact that avocados don’t grow well in Colorado]