Category Archives: Featured

A page that features interviews with farmers, organizations and businesses doing food justice work in and around my community.

Dilled Deviled Pastured Eggs & Happy Hens Farm

Eggs are awesome. Deviled Eggs are even more awesome. I LOVE eggs.

Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

There are as many different recipes for chocolate chip cookies as there are bakers.  Some like their cookies chewy; others like them crispy; and some like them puffy, soft, and cakey.   I personally like mine to be crispy around the edges with a bit of chew to the center.  These particular cookies have a somewhat…

Chai Tea Latte Sugar Cookies & Spring Hill Jersey Cheese Butter

I’m not much of a coffee drinker, though I enjoy a nice decaf soy mocha every now and then.  I do, however, drink chai tea lattes on a regular basis–especially during the winter–and at cafes when I’m studying, or meeting up with a girlfriend or colleagues to have a chat!  I love the warm spices,…

Homemade Graham Crackers & Massa Organics

  Homemade graham crackers taste surprisingly different than the kind you’re used to buying in a box from the grocery store.  These are buttery and snappy-crisp in texture, and straight up delicious.  They are also super easy and fairly quick to make, and are a great snack you can feel good about indulging in since…

The Local Butcher Shop and Boneless Short Ribs for Sunday Dinner

  When it comes to food, I consider myself a very fortunate woman.  I live in an area where I have access to a farmers’ market every day of the week.  If I can’t make it out to a farmers’ market, I have access to a number of local grocery stores that carry fresh, locally…

Support Food Corps!

One of the amazing things about blogging is the high level of opportunity available to create connections and network about the things you care about most.  For example, this morning I awoke to a comment on my about page from Sara, who has a beautiful food blog called Home Is Where The Cookies Are.  She…

Berkeley’s School Lunch Initiative in Lunch Love Community

Ever since I made the move to convert my topic focus from school choice and charter schools, to food justice for my doctorate, I feel that the whole world has opened up to me!  There’s no better feeling than being true to one’s self and working on what you are truly passionate about.  I have…

Cooking Matters Bay Area – Kids’ Class

Friday is a great day for me, because I get to head on over to the Nevin Community Center in Richmond and hang out with some pretty awesome kids.  Not only that, but then I get to be a part of teaching them how to make nutritious meals for themselves. The program I do this…