This is not a contest requirement but my family and I did enter a Foodie Fantasy contest. If by the slight chance we are picked as finalists I will be asking, persuading, then begging for votes. If you come to this blog you know me. Been green my whole life. I advocate for real food […]
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food philosophy
I often get stuck in my head space and don’t feel a need to let people know what my norms are then get shocked when people want to know more about them. I grew up poor but my parents cooked with little processed foods, they got me to want to eat vegetables, they somehow managed […]
187 quest
187 is the term used to refer to mini servings of wines because they are packaged in 187 mL containers. The wine market is starting to proliferate with them now as younger consumers are surging into this frontier and want more than pre-packaged Coca Cola drinks or wine coolers for outings (See Conde Nast Portfolio […]
South Florida shout out
I bitch about this place a lot due to the high property rates, high insurance rates, high rates of traffic violations, etc. However it is a sub-tropical climate with a population that originates greatly from all over the tropics. I love this diversity and we can see it all over the place, even our conventional […]
Mmmmm, sweet honey
This is a hard post to write. Even sad. I LOVE HONEY and bees are adorable. When I travel that is the souvenir I am always on the lookout for… local honey. However honeybees like most pollinators have NOT been faring that well these days (see a link). Recently there is global recognition that our […]
Punch Drunk
When I was finishing my undergrad degree I would go to parties at a good friend’s house. She was a total Martha Stewart type. She would have her sidewalk lined with the paper bag luminaries. Her house would be open and inviting. And in a small shed off the kitchen and porch was a small […]