In case you had forgotten, the largest oil spill in US history happened just over a year ago. After the explosion of a drilling rig, 5 million or so gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico over a three month period, before the pipe could be capped. To mark the one year anniversary […]
Month: July 2011
cooking isn’t old-fashioned
Cooking is really important because it’s the only way we’re going to take back control of our diet from the corporations who want to cook for us. – Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules When I was a teenager I refused to learn how to cook because I did not want to grow up to become […]
shame on us, Canada
Recently I learned something about the Harper Government that makes me embarrassed to call myself Canadian. Canada Blocks Inclusion of Chrysotile Asbestos In UN Convention Here in Canada, we have banned the use of chrysotile asbestos for use as a building material because it is deemed as a hazardous substance. Asbestos fibres lodge in the […]
fishing for food
The grocery store contains every ingredient I could possibly want to create any culinary masterpiece I can dream of. All I have to do is hop in my car, drive a few blocks and pick out what I need from inviting aisles that freeze, cool, heat, keep dry, or moisturize their well-stocked shelves. There’s even […]
chemicals in our products
Every day we’re inundated with chemicals. We eat them. We breathe them in. We absorb them into our bloodstream. There’s a lot of buzz around eating organic food now but what about all the stuff we’re rubbing into our skin? A few months ago I started doing some research on the personal-care products I was […]