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The Feel Good
The Feel Good started with a sentence fragment from a collage I had made (yes, those three words), a sense of exasperation about the direction the world and business of food has been heading in, a curiosity about what my no nonsense but highly picky Grandma would have thought about it all, and a desire
An Open Letter to the CEO of Grubhub
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How to: Dig a raised bed
French Intensive Raised Bed Gardening came out of wartime gardens in French cities, as a way to grow food densely in small areas. It’s a method that also works well for making less than ideal soil arable and plantable—like the compacted, caliche-laced dirt of New Mexico, for instance. People in areas with less brittle
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In Other Words, We Lied
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Eat Local, Order Local – That’s how we sustain restaurants’ futures
Full article on Santa Fe New Mexican →
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Ghost Farms, Ghost Kitchens, Ghost Towns
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The Sight of Green
Humans are wired to relax and thrive at the sight of green. This isn’t just woo-woo hippie stuff. As Esther Sternberg describes in her book, Healing Spaces, people in hospitals with a view of trees heal faster. Being around trees can lower heart rate, calm hypertension and boost our immunity. A treed landscape is part
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Protecting Democracy
When I opened my first restaurant, I spent so much time there my mom sent me a twin bed for Christmas. The mattress company delivered it right to the back dock of the restaurant like a produce order. We tucked it in a corner of dry storage so I’d have a place to crash on
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Falling Out Of Favor
Austin loves technology. Austin loves food. Not surprisingly, Austin loves food delivery apps like Favor and UberEats. But here’s the inconvenient truth: You can’t have your cake – or your Salacho and fried kale frittters – and eat with your iPhone, too. Convenience has an ineluctable appeal — its own force field and
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