The Fayerweather Street School had their first annual MidWinter Revels last night and as an alum parent, social media consultant for the school, and of course a big fan of the teachers being honoured, I was motivated to play my part. Where do I fit in for all of it? Cocktails and pickles of course!…
Category: Charitable Living
2008 Year in Review: Food, Poverty, Hunger, Waste and the One Dollar Diet Project
You’ve seen the books and the television shows: Frommer’s Australia from $50 a day among others and Rachel Ray’s $40 a day on the Food Network. It turns out that, according to NetAid, more than 1 billion people (that’s 1 in 6 people around the world) live in extreme poverty. Extreme poverty is defined as living on…
Cause of the Day: American Farmland Trust
If you’re stuck at work and feel that you want to contribute something else, or more to the world you live in…. If you’ve just had a delicious bowl of homemade soup at lunch that your husband or wife made you last night… If you’re already daydreaming about the next time you get to go…
World AIDS Day: Cooking for Those in Need
Monday, is World AIDS Day. This day represents the 20 year struggle to fight AIDS and to force AIDS to be recognized as the devastating disease that it is. I remember first hearing about “le SIDA” when I was in 6th grade in France. I overheard some of the teenagers saying that it was in…
Safe Havens: Food for Thought
We all have places where we can go either figuratively or literally to feel safe. For some of us it is a place that’s easily accessible and we live our day primarily in a safe place whereas for others it’s only a state of mind or a brief moment that is not easy to get…
Ode to Verrill Farm
Verill Farm is a place that I’ve always wanted to go. I have heard only good things about the farm stand. With the hectic life of running after a two year old and a four year old and living in Cambridge I have never quite made it out there. I was sad to hear…
Sweet Tooth
Somehow the holidays are upon us at the stroke of midnight on November 1st. Whole foods has their holiday orders table set up in the meat department. Formaggio Kitchen has their list of delicious Thanksgiving offerings. Hi-Rise has their towering list that sways down over the weekly dinner sheet at the cash register listing all…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 