Pssst. Hey, I’m talking to you! Yes, you…hi. Don’t turn around. I’d like your ear for a moment. Lean in a little closer – I’d like to share a secret with you. Did you know that you and your neighbor and his cousin and her uncle and their Read the rest of this entry »
Posts Tagged food waste
PeeLaPaLooZa — The Skinny On Our Produce Prejudice
Why do we have a love-hate relationship with the skins of the fruits and vegetables we munch on? Most of us are automatically conditioned to attack our produce with a sharp blade and give our peels the heave-ho when we are (in Read the rest of this entry »
Holiday Chow Time = Good Food Down The Drain
Tis’ the season for eatin’– and ditching an inordinate amount of leftover food once all of our guests have gone home for the evening. Depending on the household, certain party hosts may even choose to heave-ho the remnants of their Read the rest of this entry »
Foxes Love Gingerbread, Too!
Last night, I hosted a festive cookie exchange/potluck party and was surprised and delighted to discover that 15 friends and acquaintances showed up with ridiculous amounts of food and sweets galore. Everyone was in the holiday spirit and Read the rest of this entry »
Waste Not, Want Not
With the self-assured, rooster-strutting confidence of Saturday Night Fever’s Tony Manero, he enters the office with ‘Here-I-am!’ bravado, somehow convincing himself day after day that the swirl of smoke, mirrors and glittery glitz Read the rest of this entry »
Ugly Fruits and Vegetables — Why We Be Hatin' On Them?
In America, we like our fruits and vegetables to be as flawless, impossibly glossy and runway-ready as the beauty pageant contestants and bobble-headed supermodels that our culture reveres. Hang out in the produce section of Read the rest of this entry »
Agricultural Biodiversity 