Curried lentil soup, rich with the heady scent of toasted cardamom, coriander and fenugreek, moves from the humble to the extraordinary. I don’t often cook curries, not that I Read More →
a recipe: wild mushroom butter
August 8, 2010 | by | 3 Comments
It’s a disquieting food, like raw milk, and it takes a certain amount of culinary fortitude to walk into the woods, scratch your way through the pine needles, the brush and Read More →
Soy & Illinois Prisons: Tuskegee of the 21st Century
November 16, 2009 | by | 2 Comments
Beginning in 2003, shortly after notorious former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich took office, the Illinois prison system effected a change in the diet fed to their inmates. Read More →
Food Stamp Challenge: Week 2
October 12, 2009 | by | 49 Comments
This week was disheartening at best. It makes me shake my head with sorrow at our broken food system and the challenges that face poor, underprivileged and impoverished families. Read More →
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