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“Charles Bukowski, hero of angsty teenagers the world over, instructs us to “find what you love and let it kill you”. Suicide by creativity is something perhaps to aspire to in an age where more people know Katie Price better than the Emperor concerto. “
- - James Rhodes, concert pianist
This article in the Guardian has me thinking about gardening as art, as an act of...
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March 2013
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– “I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things”.
- - Tom Waits (via austinkleon)
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February 2013
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“when you resist the change that’s inevitable, you miss the change that’s possible” - Leslie Kaminoff
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“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
—Red Queen, Alice in Wonderland
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Where is the honesty in our food?
Food can be transparent. Are you?
Food is moving on. From organic, to regional, to seasonal and possibly to transparent. Restaurateurs and experts say it’s the next big thing.
Transparency means truth about our food, with less romanticism and more frankness. Look at your fridge – it doesn’t lie. Do you really want to know what’s in that salami? How that chicken was raised?
Embracing...
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Where is the honesty in our food?
Food is bling.
You are what others see you eat. Personal diet, secret restaurant or grandma’s cookie recipe: food culture is the best label for self-representation. Bikes, phones, clothes all get old, but food leaves enough room for constant reinterpretation. This doesn’t come from scratch, but is nurtured through media transforming cooks into celebrities and food into cult. Food is the new...
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Where is the honesty in our food?
Food lies, but we like it.
Today’s supermarkets and grocery-stores are like Disneyland. Whether local, traditional, regional, seasonal, artisan, organic, home-made or authentic, our food conveys a message of quality. And it is always happy. The meat comes from happy cows grown by kind smiling farmers cared for in beautiful sunny nature resorts.
Regardless of where you are, the food stories are...
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DRINK IT: Ambrosia
In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods, often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whomever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves, so it may have been thought of in the Homeric tradition as a kind of divine exhalation of the Earth.
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“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
—Frank Lloyd Wright
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