The conversation about food has been both lively and varied this week. Last weekend the New York Times released a feature about Stephanie Smith, a 22-year-old dance teacher whose life has been ruined as a result of eating a hamburger tainted with E. Coli 0157. This moving and educational account of [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘New York Times’
October 6, 2009
New York Times Lesson Plan that includes us!
While it’s taken us a while to find out about this, it’s still relevant. So, for all of the teachers out there, here’s the lesson plan that The New York Times Learning Network designed concerning eating and economics, and of course, it includes our blog/project.
As teachers, we were flattered to find out about this, and [...]
October 3, 2009
“S” is for Sugar.
Christopher and I both suffer from a love of chocolate. While we generally try to eat healthfully, this morning we enjoyed a breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes. There are many occasions when after dinner, one of use will comment that we could go for some of the dark sweet stuff. However, we know this about [...]
September 12, 2009
Food Safety, Healthcare, and TeaBagger Experiment?
Last week when Kerri went to collect our produce from our local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) pick-up point, it simply wasn’t there. Our name was on the list, but our box was missing. I put a call into Be Wise Ranch (our farm) and left a pleasant, but uncertain message wondering where our food had [...]
May 30, 2009
Our (not so secret) Garden.
Every time I walk out the front door, I have to stop and examine what is going on in my garden. It seems that every time I look, something new is happening. Yesterday I found a fully grown green bean on a plant that I did not even know was producing yet. Aside from arugula, [...]
May 23, 2009
Real Time, Real Food, Real Change.
Kerri has had a birthday. As a surprise, her family has come down to visit for the weekend. Last night we had tickets to be part of the studio audience at CBS Television City in Hollywood for “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Not only was it neat to be on set in the same studio [...]
May 16, 2009
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks?
Christopher has lived in the San Diego area for most of his life. During that time he has been to countless Padres games and swears he has never seen them win. Yesterday, which happened to be the day after we ended our second project, we headed down to the park once again to root for the Padres. [...]
