All entries for April, 2010

Crazy Mama Mothers Day Sale

20 April 2010 by Jean Johnson
We've announced the Crazy Mama Sale to our blog subscribers and facebook friends, so now's time to clue others in. We know the economy’s tight, so here’s our best shot—offered because we’re new kids on the block with a radical measure free message. We’re holding a two-fer sale on ...

Flash Cooking’s Where It’s At

14 April 2010 by Jean Johnson
Flash cooking is the heart of my kitchen scene. It nets me plenty of fresh seasonal vegetables in short order--warm salad style. I've talked about it many times here on the blog, but people resonate with the idea so, that we did a video. It's a 6 minute clip from ...

Homemade Beans

8 April 2010 by Jean Johnson
It's so easy to get on a roll when you've got some homemade beans waiting in the fridge. Talk about ultrafast. All you do is flash cook some seasonal vegs into a warm salad, dress with oil and vinegar, add the beans for protein, season with salt and red chile ...

Opening the Cages: The Humane Movement to Liberate Poultry

7 April 2010 by Jean Johnson
While I'm on a roll with the food politics articles I've written, here's one on hens published in E/The Environmental Magazine, January 2007. Also, tak to C. Bundy who took two of the photos used here. Over easy and whisked into omelets, eggs delight many. But the hens that laid ...

Strawberries Fields Forever?

3 April 2010 by Jean Johnson
Some things just don't change.  I wrote an article in 2005 on the nasties surrounding conventional strawberry production. Here are two excerpts. The papery star of leaves capping the red fruit might be green, but the California strawberry industry has a way to go. At issue is the ozone-depleting ...

Belly and Soul–Eating Locally and In Season

2 April 2010 by Jean Johnson
Here's a freelance piece I published in E Magazine back in 2006. Worth the read if you've time... Belly and Soul—Eating Locally and In Season Like someone scouting for a spouse in a bar, there was good reason I spent much of my life under the fluorescents trolling inner aisles of ...