http://whatseatingbob.com/96/ and What's Eating Bob? Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:14:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://whatseatingbob.com/96/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Melinda Lucas Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:44:10 +0000 http://whatseatingbob.com/?p=96#comment-205 I am so completely impressed that you read the book even though you did not want to just because we told you to and you didn't even come to that meeting of Book Scouts! You did miss some good chocolate chip/zucchini cookies that Becky made (*sigh* I'm so sad Becky left our little group) some fantastic local wine (Naked Riesling that, as of this writing is sold out, partially thanks to the 6 cases of it that we bought) and some Orzo salad with local ingredients. The cookie recipe is in the Kingsolver book. If you really want to go off on this subject in a more meaningful way without having a gigantic garden, a flock of chickens, nut trees on your 100 acre farm and lots o' kids to do the work, then read PLENTY by a couple from Vancouver, BC who live in a tiny apartment and really did take up the task of the 100 mile diet in a funnier way than the Kingsolver clan did. Unfortunately, I read Plenty immediately upon finishing AVM and I became a food Nazi for about 2 months, or until the local Farmer's Markets shut down, whichever came first (I forget). But I was really informed by those books, plus Omnivore's Dilemma about how we should be looking towards our own environment for our nourishment and at least trying to cut down on our own carbon footprints. Luckily for us, Washington does make great wines. Now, I'm gonna go fry my plantains in whale blubber. Peace out ~~Melinda I am so completely impressed that you read the book even though you did not want to just because we told you to and you didn’t even come to that meeting of Book Scouts! You did miss some good chocolate chip/zucchini cookies that Becky made (*sigh* I’m so sad Becky left our little group) some fantastic local wine (Naked Riesling that, as of this writing is sold out, partially thanks to the 6 cases of it that we bought) and some Orzo salad with local ingredients. The cookie recipe is in the Kingsolver book. If you really want to go off on this subject in a more meaningful way without having a gigantic garden, a flock of chickens, nut trees on your 100 acre farm and lots o’ kids to do the work, then read PLENTY by a couple from Vancouver, BC who live in a tiny apartment and really did take up the task of the 100 mile diet in a funnier way than the Kingsolver clan did. Unfortunately, I read Plenty immediately upon finishing AVM and I became a food Nazi for about 2 months, or until the local Farmer’s Markets shut down, whichever came first (I forget). But I was really informed by those books, plus Omnivore’s Dilemma about how we should be looking towards our own environment for our nourishment and at least trying to cut down on our own carbon footprints. Luckily for us, Washington does make great wines. Now, I’m gonna go fry my plantains in whale blubber.
Peace out
~~Melinda

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