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Comforter Is Purposefully Bad At Being Comforting
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Comforter Is Purposefully Bad At Being Comforting
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A better-than-average “I did a weird thing for a year” book, which is a low bar to clear as 99% of those are absolutely terrible no matter how cool the weird thing is. That being said, I enjoyed this one.
Smith and MacKinnon are journalists living in Vancouver who were disturbed by an article they read about the length most food they eat travels, which causes a lot of pollution. So they decided to spend a year eating only what they already had in their pantry and food which came from no more than 100 miles away from where they lived.
I initially thought this would be very difficult given the limited local produce in winter, not to mention the lack of some usual staples. Those do indeed cause problems, which in some cases are ameliorated by the resources they bring with them (MacKinnon, a very skilled amateur chef, creates a gourmet “sandwich” entirely made of turnips.) In other cases, not so much: after a lot of fruitless searching, they find a farmer within 100 miles who grows wheat. Not only that, but it wasn’t profitable for him so he offers them whatever they can carry away for free. They’re delighted until they discover it’s all contaminated with mouse turds.
Their challenge parameters are somewhat arbitrary, but they’re upfront about that, as they are about the unusual resources they start with, such as MacKinnon’s cooking skills (WAY beyond mine both in terms of technique and inventiveness – his recipes are intriguingly non-obvious) and the fact that they own a cabin in the woods. Mostly they call attention to local food resources that could be eaten more, but often aren’t, and celebrate paying attention to what’s already in front of you.
It was worth reading for me as it inspired me to try a one-month challenge of eating just from my pantry and from farmer's markets, plus a few non-ready-to-eat staples I don't already have. (Easy mode: I live in California.) I'm not bothering with geographical distance as that would drive me and the vendors around the bend. I will chronicle this here for your enjoyment.
Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet
Smith and MacKinnon are journalists living in Vancouver who were disturbed by an article they read about the length most food they eat travels, which causes a lot of pollution. So they decided to spend a year eating only what they already had in their pantry and food which came from no more than 100 miles away from where they lived.
I initially thought this would be very difficult given the limited local produce in winter, not to mention the lack of some usual staples. Those do indeed cause problems, which in some cases are ameliorated by the resources they bring with them (MacKinnon, a very skilled amateur chef, creates a gourmet “sandwich” entirely made of turnips.) In other cases, not so much: after a lot of fruitless searching, they find a farmer within 100 miles who grows wheat. Not only that, but it wasn’t profitable for him so he offers them whatever they can carry away for free. They’re delighted until they discover it’s all contaminated with mouse turds.
Their challenge parameters are somewhat arbitrary, but they’re upfront about that, as they are about the unusual resources they start with, such as MacKinnon’s cooking skills (WAY beyond mine both in terms of technique and inventiveness – his recipes are intriguingly non-obvious) and the fact that they own a cabin in the woods. Mostly they call attention to local food resources that could be eaten more, but often aren’t, and celebrate paying attention to what’s already in front of you.
It was worth reading for me as it inspired me to try a one-month challenge of eating just from my pantry and from farmer's markets, plus a few non-ready-to-eat staples I don't already have. (Easy mode: I live in California.) I'm not bothering with geographical distance as that would drive me and the vendors around the bend. I will chronicle this here for your enjoyment.
Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet
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