Posted in Uncategorized on May 29th, 2008
An art teacher once told me the difference between a naked person and a nude is that the nude doesn’t mind being that way. The person poses willingly for you to observe and draw, or stands frankly on a wall for art lovers to enjoy.
That’s the idea behind the Nude Pantry Project, coming soon to [...]
Posted in Green living on May 29th, 2008
It’s happening at Oberlin, and you can do it too! Check out the article on this sustainable house at my alma mater. I had the privilege of touring the place during my college reunion this past weekend. It’s nothing radical–no solar panels or automatic gray water recycling system–but perhaps that’s the charm.
I especially liked their vermiculture. To the untrained eye, [...]
Posted in Reviews on May 21st, 2008
There’s nothing like squirting a Gu, chewing a chew, or popping a Shot Blok to make you feel like an athlete. It’s not just because it looks cool to tear open little packages with your teeth or deftly swipe a bike’s water bottle from its cage at 25 m.p.h. In addition to all that, [...]
Posted in Events, Green living on May 18th, 2008
Last Friday morning, a reporter stood in Freedom Plaza holding a microphone in one hand as he steadied a road bike with the other. “I never considered riding a bike to work, but with gas approaching four dollars a gallon, it’s getting more appealing these days,” I think I caught him saying.
It was Bike to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15th, 2008
Today I picked up a friendly-looking burlap-colored bag in the potato chip section and made a discovery. Unlike Frito-Lay, which is creating a collection of earth tone-colored bags filled with healthier versions of their popular chip flavors, Utz is taking a different tack. Grandma Utz’s naturey bags of snacks are truly old school, in a truly unsettling way. Namely, she fries her “thicker, [...]
Posted in Aminals, Current events on May 14th, 2008
“Eat good meat and source it well. Acknowledge where it comes from. And respect the fact that the animal died for your dinner.”
If I were to eat meat, these principles articulated by author Scott Gold are what I would live by. Some thought-provoking books on the omnivorous lifestyle (including Gold’s) came out this spring and the WaPo did [...]
Posted in Recipes on May 12th, 2008
As promised in the last post, here’s a recipe with ramps. My take on this new-to-me ingredient was “eh.” They are tasty, but no more so than a mixture of carmelized onions and garlic, sauted shallots, or the “onion grass” I used to harvest from our yard and use like chives. So go for the ramps [...]
Posted in Events, Gardening, Green living, Uncategorized on May 11th, 2008
Big Mama’s been happy this past week or so. Food adventures abounded, from the ground to the table, and most importantly to my mouth.
Yes, this is the closest I come to a Mothers Day post. I could talk about the breakfast in bed we used to make my mom, garnished with the pink crab apple [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2008
A sweet mango, a world of wonder, or the greatest heights? This is the question that confronts many a Washingtonian. Ok, maybe just a few. Or maybe you have no idea what I’m talking about.
A friend recently asked for restaurant recommendations for Columbia Heights and Petworth. So I shared some thoughts, and I’d like to [...]
