The place has magic in it. “…Recalling certain men of other days who made of drink one of the pleasures of life, rather than one of its evils.”This article is about neither food nor soil, though merry collaboration it does involve. The collaboration of gin and ginger, of honey and rum and cream, relationships built [...]
Posts Tagged ‘merriment’
Black Cat Chrysler
Posted in Brooklyn, Fall 07, tagged merriment, place on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Summit: A Mosaic, A Potluck, Something Beautiful
Posted in Brooklyn, Fall 07, Real Food Challenge, tagged merriment, students on November 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Students across the country have become aware of the powerful influence of food systems on our lives, and we have become active leaders in sustainable initiatives at our institutions, coordinating with local, organic, often small-scale family farms, so that we might feed ourselves and our neighbors with nutritious, fairly-traded, worker-friendly, community-supportive products. What we demand [...]
Saturday, October 27th: Connecting Movements
Posted in Brooklyn, Fall 07, tagged community, fair trade, merriment, slow food on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Saturday night was about knowledge, straight up. Knowledge that could easily be lost. Valuable knowledge, that gave our sweet apples their crunch, and left salted, roasted pecans melting on our tongues.Equal Exchange and Fair Trade USA may parade their glossy pamphlets into a profitable niche market, and consumers might have their qualms about the economics [...]
Slow Dancing
Posted in Brooklyn, Fall 07, tagged merriment, slow food on October 14, 2007 |
Last Monday in Park Slope, Slow Food sponsored an evening featuring three important characters of the local food scene. Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garrett Oliver assured those gathered that Slow Food USA is not just some “upper class eating club.” Yet his claim seemed predictably hard to back up. We all took a seat in the [...]
Ground Level Gathering
Posted in Brooklyn, Fall 07, Real Food Challenge, tagged merriment, students on October 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Last night we held a barbecue in my apartment, in preparation for the Real Food Summit, to gather together the New York students who are working on food and sustainability. I hesitate to describe the cast of characters, or give my delighted account of their quirks and ideas, as the same people probably make up [...]
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