Category Archives: Personal

Friday Buffet

How can we use carrot stems, radish greens, broccoli stems? Wise Bread has some tips for the hardcore frugals out there. — — Notre Dame students are giving waste reduction the old college try, thanks to Waste-Free Wednesdays. The whole thing is part of the eND Hunger campaign (nice use of caps, there), and we’ll […]

November 5, 2010 | Also posted in College, Food Recovery, Friday Buffet, Household | Comments closed

Book It!

It’s an exciting time here–my book will officially be released on Tuesday. While American Wasteland is actually on the shelf at some stores and Amazon began shipping preorders two weeks ago, tomorrow marks the book’s full release. It will be a joyous day, for sure. As part of the celebration, I’ll have a special treat […]

October 11, 2010 | Also posted in Energy | Comments closed

Old Edamame

We did a little fridge cleaning this weekend. And I unearthed this bag of frozen edamame that have been in our freezer since the Bush administration. Probably the son. Not surprisingly, they looked bad. Really bad. A few had freezer burn, many were shriveled. I reluctantly made peace with putting them out to pasture (in […]

August 30, 2010 | Also posted in Household | Comments closed

Judging by its cover…

Last month, I linked to the Amazon page for my book. And I did the same on Facebook, where I gave a little disclaimer that the cover would change a bit. And so it has! Folks, here’s the final final version: And because I’m trying to bolster my Facebook “likers,” you can visit my page […]

August 25, 2010 | Posted in Personal | Comments closed

Out-and-out self-promotion

Sorry for the shamelessness I don’t feel too bad about shamelessly sharing these two bits of info. This won’t be new to those of you who follow my Twitter feed or this site’s Facebook page.  (more shamelessness–likely too much) Anyway, my book is now available for pre-order on Amazon. In addition to being really, really […]

July 21, 2010 | Posted in Personal | Comments closed

Carrot Top Flop?

This is my first year growing carrots and I’ve been surprised by how verdant the greens have remained through the North Carolina heat. Sunday, I dug up a few carrots, leaving me with a mass of tops. Not one to casually discard anything even possibly edible, I wondered what one could do with these carrot […]

July 19, 2010 | Also posted in Household | Comments closed

Crunchy Composting

After hearing the news that SunChips were now sold in compostable bags–sorry, “‘chip package”–I finally got a chance to inspect a bag up-close and personal. I’m not much of a chip purchaser, but I was happy to kick the tires when a bag showed up in my kitchen yesterday. My first reaction was: ‘Holy crap, […]

July 14, 2010 | Also posted in Composting, Household | Comments closed

More Buns

Last year, I wrote about having extra hamburger buns and turning them into French toast. And prior to that, I got some great ideas on what to do with extra hot dog buns. Well, this past weekend I found myself in a similar situation, only this time with sub rolls. I bought the rolls to […]

July 8, 2010 | Posted in Personal | Comments closed

Ears to You

90 degrees + picking corn + long pants/sleeves for protection + no pay = fun! It’s hard to believe that that equation really works, but when the food goes to help hungry folks, it sure does. That’s gleaning for you. It had been a while–too long–since I’d gotten out there and picked crops for those […]

June 28, 2010 | Also posted in Farm, Food Recovery | Comments closed

Two items of business

Without many book tasks left, I’ve gone all Facebook and started a page for this here blog. As you super-observant visitors will have noticed, I have a link to it on the sidebar. I humbly ask for your official FB “thumbs up.” Who knows, I might just do a little raffle next week for all […]

May 27, 2010 | Also posted in Food Recovery, General | Comments closed