Check out the new interview–recorded and broadcast today with Sea Change Radio: Gigi’s interview with Sea Change Radio Gigi Berardi: Eating Well, Eating Wisely
Category: Food
The book is here (sort of)!
The book is here (sort of)! I got hold of an early, early copy (without back cover, index, endorsements, but still…produced a couple of months ago…while I was still editing!). This is what it looks like–the photo is of me holding the book in front of Bellingham’s Village Books. I was there for a before-the-store-is-actually-opened…
Interview with Gigi Berardi and Tanisha Rule (Foreword Reviews)
Here is a fun interview with Tanisha Rule. Read about maggot cheese and other food adventures….Tanisha Rule’s interview with Gigi Berardi for Foreword Reviews
FoodWISE choices and winter garlic
Here is an excerpt from my new book, FoodWISE, with a favorite recipe. Cooking with an eye to time and money is what we all have to do—especially those of us with families, other caregiving responsibilities, out-of-home work, and/or limited budgets. The example comes to mind of a good friend, who manages to feed a…
WWU Professor Publishes Food Guide with Penguin Random House
Check out a very comprehensive article on the FoodWISE author and writing: WWU Professor Publishes Food Guide with Penguin Random House
A FoodWISE moment: Organics, carbon, climate change, and the future of food
“Is organic food really better for the environment?” That was the title of a recent blog post recent blog by Anuradha Varanasi writing for Columbia University’s Earth Institute. This is a great question, and it refers to a study reported on in Nature in 2018 (See original article). Dozens of commentaries have been published…
So, agriculture and climate change
There is no doubt that environmental and political narratives around climate change and agriculture are going to be considered seriously in 2020. As I write in FoodWISE, One of the biggest threats to agricultural webs is climate change. Current patterns of food production will change around the world as seasonal…
“Thanksgiving” is about more than food
My “Thanksgiving” break this year was memorable for one reason: I enjoyed it with all my family—daughter Emily in from graduate school in New York City and son Ian from Bellingham, and all our partners. The food was grand (see below), but also the vista—our little farmstead on Shaw Island, and then the more public…
Be WISE this Thanksgiving
For those of us who celebrate Thanksgiving in the USA, please remember my generous definitions of cooking in FoodWISE. Just a little bit of cooking goes a long way. And try to keep it WISE: “I like to eat real food—I like to know where it came from, I like to think about the county…
Consider cheese for holiday baking and cooking
This holiday, consider cheese for baking and cooking. But first, is cheese even something you want to put on your menu? As I write in FoodWISE (with an eye on some history and cultural geography), The trick here is to stop—think—then act; consider all the factors in play and make your decision from there. For…