Posts Tagged ‘family’

Cook-off Day! Families That Cook in Bulk Stay Together

February 17th, 2009  By Jen Dalton

My pal Alex is pretty cool. He works in Fair Trade coffee sales, lives with his wife Julie and two kids in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, is a native San Franciscan and sings lead vocals in a band called Slippery People. He also spends some of his quality free time cooking in bulk with other families so he can spend more time with his own. Read More

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God Bless the Cook: Remembering the Pleasure of Cooking

January 21st, 2009  By Andrea King Collier

I had been feeling a certain sense of resentment that I had become a utilitarian cook. After 30 years of  preparing meals for my family almost every day, I was feeling a bit like a short order meal machine. Read More

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Finding the True Value of Food

July 11th, 2008  By Caroline Cummins

The problem with being interested in food is that it seems so frivolous. Sure, everybody has to eat, but caring about what you’re eating seems, well, indulgent. If you can afford enough food to feed your family, then you should stop there. Because there are more important things in life than food — war, disease, global warming, getting your hair cut. Right? Read More

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