Smith, A., MacKinnon, J.B. (2007). The 100-Mile Diet: a year of local eating. Toronto: Vintage Canada. p. 147-252. After a busy week, I find myself reading the second half of the 100-Mile Diet on this Easter Sunday afternoon (better late than never!) Wait a minute.. is this really my last blog post?! Time sure flies! I’m excitedly… Continue reading The 100-Mile Journey

M. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Toronto: Penguin Group. p. 185-273 “You can’t do just one thing.” (p.225) Well, after weeks of telling myself to write my blog early, I am here yet again on Saturday afternoon wondering why I procrastinate. Cup of coffee in hand, I’m venturing back into the… Continue reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Pollan, M. 2001. The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World. Toronto: Random House. p. 113-179   “There is it, right in the middle of the word intoxication, hidden in plain sight: toxic“(p.114). Well, Michael Pollan, you did it again. Another fantastic read! After a few years of skimming through scientific papers and textbooks, I find myself truly enjoying… Continue reading In’toxic’ated?

T, Hanson. (2015). The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History. p. 143-160. Well, I find myself currently having finished drinking an iced coffee from Starbucks in order to stay awake during this reading. It turns out I didn’t even need it. Wow – Thor Hanson introduces… Continue reading Constantly Caffeinated

Pollan, M. 2001. The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World. Toronto: Random House. p. 3-58. Pollan, M. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Toronto: Penguin Group. p. 23. “…in wildness is the preservation of the world” – Henry D. Thoreau This week we had a choice for which chapter of The Botany of Desire we… Continue reading Apple of My Eye

Pollan, M. 2006. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Toronto: Penguin Group. p. 15-119. Well, after a day of adventuring through vineyards, sampling wine, and witnessing a wall of potatoes (seriously, a WALL of potatoes!), I find myself writing this blog. “What am I eating? And where in the world did it… Continue reading Blog #5 – Corn. We put that **** in everything.

J, Diamond. (1999). Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W.W. Norton and Company. p. 81-108, 126-150. What did I learn this week? Never trust your first impressions. The previous chapter (4) in Guns, Germs, and Steel was very difficult for me to read through without dozing off every few pages. Was it because I… Continue reading Blog #4 – Diamond in the Rough

                              J, Diamond. (1999). Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W.W. Norton and Company. p. 109-125 . M, Pollan. (2001). The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World. Toronto: Random House. p. xiii-xxv . “Indeed, even the wild now… Continue reading Blog #3 – Domestication Domination

T, Hanson. (2015). The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History. p. xix-18, 55-80. In the thought-provoking book, The Triumph of Seeds, Thor Hanson tells the life story of seeds – from discovering ancient types of seed in Carboniferous forests, to Mendel’s studies on peas, which led… Continue reading Blog #2 – “The Triumph of Seeds”

Smith, A., MacKinnon, J.B. (2007). The 100-Mile Diet: a year of local eating. Toronto: Vintage Canada. p. 1-147. James MacKinnon has an idea – what if he and his partner, Alisa Smith were to source their food within a 100-mile radius from where they live? Well, the two decided to take the plunge. The 100-Mile Diet is… Continue reading Blog #1 – “The 100-Mile Diet”