Three years ago today, John found a scrawny young cat running around behind the now-defunct Temple Club. He took her home and the rest is history. He figures she was about a year old at the time, so we’ll call this her fourth birthday. Happy birthday, Pickles. Enjoy your tuna.
I’m back tonight from my very [...]
Archive for the ‘work’ Category
An anniversary and a farm visit
Posted in farmers' markets, organic, work on April 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Conference, day two: The Main Event
Posted in farmers' markets, food systems, organic, work on March 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I was temporarily distracted from the writing of this thrilling post, but the house is now empty, the dishes are done, the cats are healthy, and I have time at last to type. As was the case last year, “working” the conference mostly meant sitting at a booth for a couple of hours to make [...]
The Conference, day one: Dinner
Posted in food, work on March 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s finally all over. I just got back from the Choices Conference I mentioned the other day, and it really was fantastic. Here’s a quick rundown of the two-day event:
The Dinner:
Last night was the Slow Food dinner, a fundraiser for the conference and the inaugural meal for the Slow Food Red Cedar convivium. I spoke [...]
Slow Food vs. slow food
Posted in cooking, food systems, work on February 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This might be long, as this post has been a long time in the making. Apologies in advance.
This week I’ve been helping Barb, my MSU boss, prepare for the Choices Conference (irritating pdf link – consider yourself warned) next week. Choices is a food-related conference geared toward dietitians, nutritionists, and health educators in Michigan. It [...]
On Tofurky
Posted in cooking, farmers' markets, work on February 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In response to my last post, Poet With a Day Job noted that the phenomenon of “real” food masquerading as “fake” food (itself masquesrading as “real” food) is akin to Tofurky. As a vegetarian, this is one of the most common questions I end up fielding over the dinner table: “Why do you guys eat [...]
Career Indecision
Posted in bio, food systems, work on February 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t written in a bit. I honestly thought I might give this blog up as a waste of time, but it seems a handful of people are interested (more than I’d anticipated they would be) in the things I’m writing about. Food is a pretty hot topic these days, as well it should be. [...]
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure…right?
Posted in muckraking, nutrition, work on January 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I was reading Michael Pollan’s article in the NYT Magazine today on “nutritionism,” the vaguely shady ideology that effectively medicalizes food, isolating individual nutrients from the food system and convincing people that these nutrients, not a complete diet, are the key to good health. This, as the article explain, is a clever way to tell [...]
Keeping it Classy and Cooking up a Storm
Posted in bio, cooking, miscellany, work on January 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m finding myself in the rather unusual situation of being a temp who loves her job. I’m trying not to get too attached to this, because well, it’s temporary, but this is hard for a few reasons: (1) I’ve been working there for the better part of three years, albeit in a different capacity than [...]
Seeds!
Posted in farmers' markets, garden, work on January 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just got my seeds in the mail yesterday from Seed Savers. You have no idea how excited I am. I’m splitting some of them with my mom, who has a plot in a community garden on the other side of town. Since she has space and I do not, we’ll be starting transplants at [...]
Why I Love Farmers
Posted in farmers' markets, work on January 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From now until August (when I’ll probably have to quit since I’ll hopefully have a library job by then, school will be starting, and I’ll be pretty busy getting married) I’ll be working on a SARE grant project, performing case studies of Michigan farmers’ market vendors and thieir market strategies. The plan is to come [...]
