fat free opinions on a food centric life
The dog days of summer seemed to have passed us by this year without ever actually arriving, unless you consider the phrase to have more to do with one’s lethargy than hot, sultry weather. The windows are open, and from time to time, chilly …
I live in an area that is perfect for growing just about anything all year long if one can forget the pesky dilemma of drought we’ve endured for the past many years. I’ve been a reasonably capable gardener most of my life — thanks to …
We’ve been eating quite a bit of soup and salad lately. With the business of our lives, it often seems to be the only way to make sure we don’t fall into the take-out habit, or worse, microwaved frozen food. Call me a food snob …
I’ve been so busy lately, I barely have time to procrastinate which confirms what I’ve always suspected: planning is but a series of decisions about what not to do so that I can do what I’d like. Sometimes this is simply not doing anything — …
Since I began working my way through Mark Bittman’s “101 Simple Salads for the Season”, I’ve not quite been able to keep up with the goal I set to make at least five salads in a seven day week. Most of the time, it’s …