Julia Child always kind of bothered me. I know this is sinful to say. Though I wanted to love the legend, it was the voice.

While it is a health issue, it is also a mental issue of treating food as something different than what it is – nourishment and energy. I didn’t give up sweets because I think there is anything bad about them, though moderation is still a good thing to practice, but rather, I think it is something to be appreciated and enjoyed and limiting myself can help me to remember.

As Spring approaches, I have been wondering about the green we see around the city. Do we pass by a tree everyday that would actually make a great addition to my sandwich for lunch? Or it is just a pretty tree? But, then I began to wonder, if they are not edible, why couldn’t they be?

Ensuring that the essential nutrients are consumed one way or the other, often in supplemental form, seems to lead the idea that those pills, teas, or otherwise can replace food.

I have continued to question the American reaction to meat. I am still curious why, in the American culture, we generally find it appalling to associate meat with the living animal.

As I toss my milk caps into the recycling bin, I knew the next step for me was to fill in my knowledge gaps and actually learn about recycling laws in DC. After all, I know that I can’t be the only one who can’t recite the rules of recycling on command.

As I have been watching the news lately, more articles and news stores have been surfacing of the current and future food crisis the globe faces. Worldwide we are looking toward a food shortage, with limited access, rising prices, and falling incomes as a result.

I have never been very good at calories. Though our culture continues to obsess over calories, and the counts are everywhere—packaging, restaurant menus, even at fast food restaurants.

Everyone creates a fair amount of organic waste while cooking, and while I completely understand the lack of personal garden space in the city, it doesn’t mean that someone else can utilize those organics for good.

An interesting adult webiste in its own right, vegporn.com combines the political activism of vegetarians and sex positivity, I list my top ten reasons why I like vegporn.com.