Bioethics & Sustainability
4 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Beans in your morning cereal bowl are cool. A few garbs rolling around with the hazelnuts. Some blackies and a spike of red chile and lime to go with chunks of fresh pears. A pink hummus spread on apples. (Cooking Beyond Measure, p. 32) And now even a nod from ...
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19 July 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Food, of course, is not just about consumption. Its story also encompasses production, a subject I've been investigating this summer with students at Washington State University enrolled in my US Food History course.
So, how sunny are those eggs on the breakfast table? Or in the really cheap breakfast you found ...
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1 February 2009 by
Jean Johnson
This blog hasn't been too interactive so far. Instead people tend to email me directly. That's nice. Whatever works.
Here's one I just got from Bob, friend in Northern Arizona, who has grown a four-season organic garden for years with his wife, Beth:
"I put some throw-away skylights over the spinach ...
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3 October 2008 by
Jean Johnson
After my comments on pesticides and apples in The Measure Free Weekly last time, I was especially pleased to have a box of apples in the basement from friend and gardener, Laura Berg.
Laura is also, if you'll remember from her comment on last week's blogpost, the care ...
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1 August 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Actually, the real story today is about black cap raspberries--the berries my new neighbor Nick brought from his grandparents farmstead out in Sandy, Oregon. Black raspberries to match the black, gothic attire he sports. The berries were an unusual, delicious treat on cereal this morning, but wouldn't you know, the photos ...
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11 July 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Cooking Beyond Measure is poised for its debut, so I've done the sensible thing and started the next cookbook: Hippie Kitchen. That's why it was so perfect when I met Rosanna at a writer's confab. Long hair properly grayed for her age and era, tied back stylishly. Birkenstocks. A simple white ...
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24 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
Here's help for those wanting to make sense of the egg scene. The store bought scene boils down to 3 divisions, along with the caveat that if you really want to ensure your hens are well cared for, buy local from small growers.
1. Cheap Eggs=Hens who live out stark lives ...
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3 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
The Spitz Springs contingency down on the Southwest's Colorado Plateau always thwacks the ball right out of the court when it comes to food. Not only do they grow their own, mostly, they're hip to seasons and sustainability, and treat their laying hens right.
They just sent this photo along with ...
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1 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
I'm half Norwegian, and we love cold salmon and cucumbers. Still, when fall starts to bluster, there's nothing like chowder.I made the one pictured just for myself out of fish left over from roasted salmon.
Salmon Chowder
Cooking Beyond Measure, p. 108
This takes all of five minutes if you have some roasted ...
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8 September 2007 by
Jean Johnson
No inclination for a photo here since we are well ahead of the winter squash curve. Still I've heard from two folks recently that prompted this post.
1) Winter squashes are any hardshell varieties, spaghetti squash included. You do not have to refrigerate this critters as they are good keepers--as in ...
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