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So the anthropologists can help themselves

August 30th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Via email dialogue, Pops sent me a link to this post How to blog like an anthropologist by anthropologist and economist Grant McCracken. Here today and truly gone tomorrow. It is the fine details of lived experience that are most precious to our understanding of a cultural moment, and it is these details that are […]

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At least we know it’s organic

August 26th, 2004 · 6 Comments

Yesterday after making lunch, I noticed a worm on the countertop where the broccoli had been. Discovering a caterpillar crawling on my cruciferous vegetables could be disturbing. But I chose to see it as another opportunity for education – and probably proof of the brocooli’s organic label. So I gave the worm to the girls. […]

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Spunky children in the kitchen

August 21st, 2004 · 1 Comment

I have not felt inspired to cook in a while. It’s been all I could do to grab a familiar cookbook and scribble a list of a few ingredients on my way to the grocery store each week. When I read Lisa Williams and Susan Mernit’s recent posts, describing their meals, I groaned a bit […]

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How to keep cool in the summer

August 5th, 2004 · Comments Off on How to keep cool in the summer

with the luxury of fresh lychees….

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Food notes from the week

July 24th, 2004 · Comments Off on Food notes from the week

One thing I miss from our former life in the Bay Area is the proximity of Whole Foods. We once lived within walking distance of one. The nonprofit where I worked picked up daily donations (steak-size portabello mushrooms!) there to distribute to the hungry. This week I enjoyed reading an article on Whole Foods and […]

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