Category Archives: Hungry Passport

In Defense of Imperfection

Perfection is highly overrated. This may be a foolish flaunting of an unpopular opinion in the face of my ongoing need to be hired to write something, edit something, cook something, teach something, or take others on a tour of … Continue reading

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Edible Institute: Food for Thought & Food for Action

Meet Precious and Steve, hens in the making. More about them later. This past weekend I attended Edible Institute, which is held each spring by Edible Communities. It is a weekend-long event in which food writers and publishers, educators, chefs, … Continue reading

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Oh, the Joys of Mismatched Cookery

Friends who visit my kitchen for the first time are usually surprised when they see my cookware. Most people assume a chef will own a full set of the best, most expensive stuff. But mine looks about as haphazardly assembled as … Continue reading

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New Life For An Old Pressure Canner

My mother’s pressure canner was such a fixture of my childhood that I just had to salvage it from the storage shed on our Tennessee farm. In its time it helped us preserve years’ and years’ worth of gardens and … Continue reading

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An Early Resolution: No More CSA Waste!

I have a confession to make: I keep letting things go bad in my vegetable bins. In the fruits and veggies go, all lush and perky, tucked away into those drawers with all the optimism I have each time I … Continue reading

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