Hospitality for the Coming Age

Adrienne commented today on an old post of mine about simple starts to eating locally. It reminded me what practice it truly takes to make up new dishes. But to cook from the fridge (so that food doesn’t go to waste) requires such creativity.
In college I always had standard Mexican food on hand (you know, [...]

I made egg casserole for this morning’s “chew and chat” (fellowship time). It’s a great recipe for making the night before, sticking in the fridge, and baking right before breakfast.
9×13 inch pan, greased, oven to 350.

4-5 slices of bread (I used store-bought whole wheat), arranged on bottom of pan
2 cups of grated cheddar cheese, sprinkled [...]

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 [...]

10 September 2008
Chris and I arrive with a trunk full of card tables, signs, food and extra dishes and frantically start to set up (we’re late, as usual!). Aaron and Sullivan are already there, and Aaron watches Sullivan go up and down the slide, over and over, and shows us his homemade ginger ale.
Pretty soon [...]