G learning to eat corn *on* the cob, and loving it!
Lots of great memories were made, including R’s very first (and second) sailing adventures, 
lots of wonderful musical performances and wonderful speakers all talking about one of my favorite things: food.
My very favorite speaker of the week was Dr. Marion Nestle of NYU--she was a brilliant speaker and reaffirmed everything I believe about healthy eating, the importance of eating natural, whole foods and how un-healthy processed food is for us.
Some things I gleaned:
--the highest use of carbon fuels in transporting foods is not international or cross-country shipping, but the aggregate use of consumers taking food from the store to their home.
--“food is a metaphor for life,” Michael Ruhlman, author of the French Laundry Cookbook
--“restaurants are becoming more about mood than the food,” Drew Nieporent, owner of NOBU, Rubicon, Crush, etc in NYC
--Tim and Nina Zagat started their world famous restaurant ratings as a hobby…oh to do something so cool as their job!
--I heard stories about farm factories and conventional mass animal farming that made the hairs on my arms stand up.
All of the lectures and Q&A took place in the outdoor amphitheater, so I just popped G in the stroller and circled the whole time. Physical and Mental exercise, all rolled up in one!
After all this enlightenment, I’m off to do another load of laundry and change a diaper...
But first, our meals for the week:
Turkey Brats on the grill, Sauteed Broccoli, Tomato-basil salad, Fresh Pineapple
Chinese New Year Lettuce Wraps
Pasta Carbonara
Grilled Tofu Sesame Spinach Salad
Pork Carnitas
7 comments:
Hi SPC! Sounds like you had a great time last week. Now that K. is on the mend, we are traveling - yet again. We just got to Ohio for a week with my folks... trying to squeeze in a visit to see N. and the new baby. OK if I do the VERY belated b-day call when we get back to DC next week? Looking forward to catching up.
Welcome back! Glad it was a good time.
We're in birthday party recovery mode in these parts...so we'll be having ice cream cake for dinner until we can back to the grocery store.
Just kidding...sort of!
Welcome back!! The pork carnitas look outstanding. I have pork soft tacos at our fav local Mexican joint all the time so it would be great to make them at home sometime.
Welcome back!! The pork carnitas look outstanding. I have pork soft tacos at our fav local Mexican joint all the time so it would be great to make them at home sometime.
Welcome back! Missed you. We're doing chicken parm, bricket and pierogies, steak & spinach salad, and maybe ribs.
That high chair that G was in is great. Was that at where you stayed? You will have to tell me more about the lectures.
Shannon
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