My personal and professional lives reflect an intersection between food and education. I have worked in restaurants and public education for nine years. For most of those years, my two occupations were separate—until I began volunteering at the Edible Schoolyard in 2006. Being at the nexus of what Alice Waters calls the “Delicious Revolution” is [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 15, 2008
Traveling to Catalunya through wine and food
Once a month I gather with cooks, servers and managers from Oliveto, Chez Panisse, Eccolo, Adagia, Boulette’s Larder, Salt House and beyond, as well as business school grads, lawyers, physical therapists, and people from the non profit sector to taste wine and share food. The common thread is that everyone who attends wants to learn [...]
April 7, 2008
Wine and the business of Organic
Over the weekend one of the Mondavi sons was featured in a news story about organic wine. While watching the interview I could not discern whether his move toward organic farming is a business strategy or an honest attempt to repair the damaged, nutrient starved soil and surrounding land. He said organic farming practices cost [...]
April 3, 2008
What is eaten in one week….a look around the world
My fiancé and I spend about $100/week on food. We eat mostly seasonal/local, organic, grass fed and free range meats. As food professionals, we are also skilled cooks. Knowing how to cook means we buy very little processed food. We find that buying grains, fresh produce, and raw ingredients is a much more affordable way [...]
