Valentine’s Day, Apolo Ohno’s 6th medal in a kick-ass race (did you see his semi-final run?), Chinese New Year – it was a busy weekend! And a busy eating weekend.
While Ohno gets his rush from speeding like a maniac on steel blades, some of us find pleasure in things a bit less…fast. Food carries much [...]
Orange cupcake with cream cheese frosting from my favorite DaisyCakes. Thank you, breakfast.
Now that I’m 10 pounds heavier, I hope all of you celebrated with good food wherever you were and with whomever.
I had a quiet, lovely holiday with Cake Mountain Man and our dear friend, L. Our Christmas dinner was capped by L’s Cornish Game Hens with homemade gravy and butternut squash stuffing…
…and his HOMEMADE pumpkin [...]
One of my favorite books as a child (and still is today) is Harold and the Purple Crayon.
For those of you who are not familiar, it’s the story by Crockett Johnson of little Harold who uses his purple crayon to draw his adventures – it’s a lovely story about imagination, creativity, and making possibilities real.
Well, [...]
Thanks to all who have shared your Thanksgiving meals! Now that it’s over and I have successfully gained several pounds, I thought I would share with my little Thanksgiving and how grateful I am not only for good friends, but also for companies that make quality ingredients free from hydrogenated oils and industrial processing.
Cake Mountain [...]
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 of you who [...]
I know. We here at Zomppa talk about eating well, organically, locally…please forgive me as I indulge you with my recent gluttonous trip to the NC State Fair. It wasn’t necessarily organic…or healthy…but sure was local. I’m from New England originally and we don’t really have this “whole lotta happy” where I’m from. Last year [...]
If you have been following us for a little while, you probably realize that I support small, local, family farms. I also try to stay aware of how corporate greed has infected our food (Taking Control) and support protecting our family farms (End of Farmer’s Markets?)
Like many of you who support eating and living healthier [...]
Unintended consequences are just that – unintended. Sometimes the best intentions lead to adverse results. For example, the U.S. market-oriented agricultural system seems to be a natural result of Keynesian economy…let those who can compete compete and the weak will simply fall by the wayside…or is it a perpetuation of elite dominance?
Let’s look at the [...]
Happy Fourth from the other side of the pond. I spent the evening of the Fourth at the home of the Durham Bulls where Team USA cleaned out Team Guatemala 18-1 by the bottom of the 8th inning. They called the game at that point…everyone was anxious for the fireworks, which admittedly, were some of [...]
