Strawberry Fields Forever

Hey, it’s strawberry time!  Aren’t you excited for those beautiful red fruits to make their late spring debut?  We certainly are.  It’s a reminder that summer is coming, and with it an abundance of fresh delicious fruits and vegetables.  This week’s post will be the first in a series highlighting summer fruits and vegetables, what’s so special about them, and how to make them (easily).  We’ll intersperse this series with some more of our thoughts on the current state of food and cooking, but we promise to keep it light for the summer! Continue reading “Strawberry Fields Forever”

Michael Pollan’s Sun Food Agenda

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”  ~Margaret Mead

Here’s a warning before you read this week’s blog: the message it delivers about food is bleak. But there is a reason to read it: it doesn’t have to be this way because we can do something to change it. Continue reading “Michael Pollan’s Sun Food Agenda”

Food Rules: How to Feed your Kids

Over the past few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to hand out fresh green vegetable juices in farmers markets in NY and CA as a way to drum up interest in a documentary film on health.  As I was giving away my green juice I met all sorts of people, and three types of kids: those who love green juice and drink it with abandon, those who are eager to try something new and willing to let you know if they like it (or don’t) and those who will absolutely have nothing to do with it because, frankly, “it’s green or different or…” you name it they said it.   Continue reading “Food Rules: How to Feed your Kids”

In Praise of the Mighty Asparagus

On the West Coast, where we live, spring has arrived, and that means it’s time for asparagus. Even though asparagus has become a year round vegetable, it is most abundantly and deliciously available in spring (when it is in season).  And while it’s tempting to grab a bunch when it’s piled high in the market in mid-winter, this vegetable is really meant for eating in those months when the frost melts, and we begin to see the daffodils. Continue reading “In Praise of the Mighty Asparagus”

Adding Sea Vegetables to your Daily Meals

Over the course of this past week as Japan has fought to keep it’s nuclear situation under control, we wondered what this potential catastrophe meant for us. Granted, outside of Japan, no one is facing any sort of life threatening danger.  Nevertheless, with everyone’s mind on the impact of the release of radiation into the atmosphere, and much of the West coast contemplating what that could mean on U.S. soil, our thoughts turned to sea vegetables, also called seaweed. Continue reading “Adding Sea Vegetables to your Daily Meals”