I was pretty excited when SlowFood LA announced yesterday that Alice Waters would be speaking about edible education and school gardens here in Santa Monica on May 19. The event, which benefits Canyon Charter School will include a presentation, book signing, and Q&A with Ms. Waters and 15 year-old Sam Levin, who founded a sustainableRead More
Cooking: Not Just for Mom & Dad
March 30, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Still looking for more reasons to get cooking with your kids??? Our friends at gastrokid.com posted a great Top Ten today. (Perhaps the introduction to their forthcoming book?) My favorite is right in-line with Michelle Obama’s remark last week. 1. Feed Them Perfect Produce Buy the best, ripe, in-season, local produce you can find, whetherRead More
If You Build It…
January 12, 2009 • 1 Comment
If the youth vote for President-elect Obama, and the enthusiasm his powerful election generated among young people, is any indication of how kids will be motivated and influenced by the 44th president, I feel good about the future. If President-elect Obama accepts the call to lead by example (see video below), plants the nation’s mostRead More
And the Economist Says…
December 10, 2008 • Leave a Comment
…Wake up your kitchen!! Plug in the blender, dust-off the mixing bowls, and GET COOKING! Today’s lead story in at least two of the nation’s best food sections is enough to make restaurateurs, butchers, and gourmet artisans cringe: “From Dining Out to Cold Turkey“, headlines the New York Times. “Food Lessons from the Great Depression,”Read More
Video Insight: Edible Schoolyard
December 2, 2008 • 1 Comment
Other Things I’d Like to Vote For
November 4, 2008 • 2 Comments
I’ve managed to live in two of the few states that put propositions on the November ballot. With confusing wording and lengthy legalese, it can leave even the most informed citizen baffled. Let alone your average Joe. (Plumber or not.) Californians today cast their vote for a wide range of topics, from constitutional amendments aboutRead More
School Lunch Reform and Victory Gardens
October 15, 2008 • 3 Comments
“Changing the food culture must begin with our children”, writes Michael Pollan, in his article “Farmer In Chief”, which appeared in Sunday’s New York Times’ Magazine. Using his typical compelling and poignant prose, Pollan implores our future president-elect to direct his energies towards our nation’s rapidly deteriorating food system. If the man sworn in nextRead More
A Victory for the Victory Garden!!
I’m pretty excited! When was the last time the First Lady and President of the United States actually acted on something you were totally and completely passionate about? I mean, an issue you’ve read about, petitioned for, fervently supported, and written about? Yeah, it feels pretty darn good!Oh, and the icing on the already sweetRead More