Hospitality for the Coming Age

I made these brownies for the Bethany Board of Trustees about a week ago. I’m ashamed to admit, I usually make brownies from a box because I like the texture so much better than brownies from scratch. But these brownies are a winner – chewy and fudgy, and delicious.
The recipe is very easy to make [...]

I made a double batch of this soup for the Bethany Board of Trustees a week ago.
I had tried it in advance, so I made some adjustments to suit my taste.
I had found it too sweet, with all the orange juice, so I eased back a bit and added salt and chili powder.
I used 1/2 [...]

Last week at Bethany we had a conversation about community in this time of economic scarcity. We gathered over rice and beans, free chives, and shared salsa. Here are my notes:

what skills do we have?

Growing food, preparing, preserving

bring our own food to meals instead of paying caterers

eat together more often

what can we share?

rides

books

phone lines, internet

tv, [...]

27 November
On the day after Thanksgiving, when millions of people go shopping, Storycorps suggested a National Day of Listening. Read more about the conversation on Chris’ blog – read more here about the food!
Many of the 17 of us who gathered had eaten Thanksgiving dinner the day before, and several people brought delicious leftovers. Here [...]

22 September 2008
The podcast project StoryCorps is beautiful in both theory and practice. Offering 40 minutes of interview time (free or for donation), usually to couples, family members or friends, StoryCorps believes that the real stories of those we love are far more interesting and important than the lives of celebrities and fictional characters.
Usually edited [...]

17 September 2008
I got to try out a presentation about Sharing in the Midst of Scarcity for Earlham’s sustainability teach-in. We talked about local food, food preservation, the cooperative model, and more. I brought some of my favorite books, which I highly recommend.
Eating locally starts with eating seasonally, so cookbooks like Simply in Season and [...]