021 The Queen of Quince

A conversation about the ultimate slow food, quince, with Barbara Ghazarian, author of Simply Quince and Simply Armenian. If you have room, you should definitely make room for a quince tree. If not, you should work with this amazing fruit. During the podcast Barbara discusses how to prep and cook quince. We also talk about savory dishes made with quince and take a detour into a discussion about muhammara. We also discuss: The National Clonal Germ...

Read…

Saturday Tweets: School Gardens, Artificial Turf and an Orwellian Sofa

https://twitter.com/Food_Tank/status/520927390529503232 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/520940447959486464 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/519606037494501376 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/519354136031023104 https://twitter.com/AncientWisdomss/status/519351450179473409 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/520801858927874048 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/520797548144246786 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/520796677...

Read…

Mown and Blown: The Problem With Leaf Blowers

...and brutally pruned hedges. These water hungry landscapes provide neither food, beauty or habitat. (They are also not enjoyed by people: half of the suburban participants in a UCLA study of home life in SoCal never went into their backyard. Another 25 percent went outside for a few minutes a week.) Yet this style of landscape is our dominant style of landscape because the homeowner doesn’t need to think about it, and the maintenance crews can mov...

Read…

Our Favorite Searches

...ccessful batch of the Ethiopian bread injera back in March without any refrigeration involved. In fact refrigeration would probably prevent it from fermenting as it’s supposed to. Comrades, it’s time to overcome your food safety paranoias! “Accidentally flushed tampon applicator” Our favorite search phrase, and in fact something we’ve witnessed first hand when we paid a visit to a sewage treatment plant back in February....

Read…