My friends at the amazing Ever Laughter Farm threw an AMAZING Summer Solstice party on the farm…waking up in the morning with chickens clucking in the background is simply…lovely. (Mind you, I had no tent, had a fabulous tarp though).
Before I moved down south, I was living in the Big Apple. Loved Manhattan, loved the food. But as I proudly purchased my fruit at the little farmer’s market across the street from me on Central Park West on Saturdays, I quickly realized how little I knew how food is grown, or how to be [...]
Don’t eat too many chips or you’ll break out, right? We’ve all heard that drinking gallons of water can not only keep your insides running right, but also help you with clear skin. So it’s no surprise to any of us that what you eat and drink can impact not just your weight and love [...]
I love my vegetarian friends. But I love my meat too. This is definitely a dilemma for me. I love animals. I love dogs. I think pigs are really smart animals. I care about the environment. I recycle. I reuse bags. I pay extra for the recycled business cards. Am I a hypocrite? For those [...]
Ongoing coffee wars: boo to the $4 Starbucks, yay to the $1 McDonald’s. Can’t taste the difference. Right? I am an absolute novice when it comes to coffee. Remember, I’m the one with the baby taste buds and so yes, coffee has traditionally been too bitter for me. And it makes me pee like nobody’s [...]
“You lie!” Source: CNN Ah, yes, the outburst heard ’round the world. What is it about health care that leads our politicians, who are supposed to be erudite, well-behaved, and level-headed (stop laughing), to act like 3-year olds in the sandbox? Make that 2-year olds. Unless you haven’t turned on the news or been traveling, [...]
Remember how talk of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms was all the rage a few years ago? These days, they hardly warrant a blip in the news. Have we all somehow determined that the need for perfectly round tomatoes is more important than questioning the unintended consequences of perfectly round tomatoes? While science has enabled some [...]
Zomp-pa: (Zŏmp’pä) n., pl., -s. 1. a rebel 2. someone who believes that food is way more than just what we eat 3. a food atlas on a bus. Food, meet people. Zomppa aims to be the food experience for the taste-, Earth-, and community-conscious. It aims to bring food back to the central role [...]
Community gardens ARE possible and they are wonderful things! Living in New York City, I was fortunate to live right across from Central Park. However, to afford living there, my apartment also was on the bottom looking into a courtyard, meaning zero light for plants. My body functions with natural light, so this was pretty [...]
