Posted in Current events, D.C. insider information on Jan 22nd, 2010
Image: Creative Commons/Robert Huffstutter
(Cross-posted from my Examiner.com site)
With aftershocks still rocking Haiti, Washingtonians struggle to grasp the losses the earthquake has claimed. Deciding how to help is yet another challenge. Why not start with food? Here are five ways to take action as a food lover in the D.C. area.
5. Go to one of the [...]
Posted in media on Jan 14th, 2010
Readers, yesterday The Washington Post’s On Faith blog published a piece of mine inspired by the Hazon Food Conference. Entitled “Can Judaism save the planet?”, it presents one perspective that answers the question with a resounding “Yes!”
Many thanks to my “free range” writers group at Hopkins for encouragement with submissions, and to my excellent editor [...]
Posted in Current events, D.C. insider information, Events on Jan 11th, 2010
Washington D.C.’s FRESHFARM Markets’ new year started with good news: A mini documentary about the organization would be part of Yachad’s Our City Film Festival slated for February 14 at D.C.’s Goethe Institute. Not only that, but the film would appear alongside “Nora!” featuring a restaurateur who embraces local and organic food.
“I’m thrilled to have [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jan 5th, 2010
On my trip back from the West Coast, I finally got around to reading the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association alumni newsletter. What a joy! All the characters and the nutty news you’d expect from student-run living and dining appeared on those pages: A current Obie fresh from a national co-op conference related the perils of [...]
