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Crunchy Resolutions?

lacylu42 wrote in pollanesque Feb 03, 2011 09:56

I've been thinking about what I want to accomplish this year in the way of greening my lifestyle even more, and I thought I'd throw it out there ( Read more... )

discussion

Admin: going moderated for just a little while

sheafrotherdon wrote in pollanesque Feb 01, 2011 08:37

Dear Pollanesquers -

pollanesque will be featured as an LJ spotlight community later this month, and in anticipation I've changed the community's settings to moderated posting, just until the first wash of attention comes through. Many of you might remember that the last time the community was spotlighted, we got an awful lot of smut links and spambots ( Read more... )

food storage without plastic

isiscolo wrote in pollanesque Jan 27, 2011 11:30

I found this blog entry interesting. Excerpt:
Corn‐ leave unhusked in an open container if you must, but corn really is best the day it’s picked ( Read more... )

links, tips: reducing waste, tips: storage

News: This Is What's In Taco Bell's "Beef"

sheafrotherdon wrote in pollanesque Jan 25, 2011 17:30

From Jezebel:

[The list of ingredients] looks gruesome but passable... until you learn that, according to the Alabama law firm suing Taco Bell-only 36% of that is beef. Thirty-six percent. The other 64% is mostly tasteless fibers-which are there to increase volume while keeping the cost down-additives and some flavoring and coloring. Everything is ( Read more... )

links, news, things to read

Link: Our Daily Bread

dogeared wrote in pollanesque Jan 10, 2011 21:20

A fascinating photo essay about what people eat in a day, all over the world:

A Worldwide Day's Worth of Food

links, things to read

Real Food - a Flowchart

sheafrotherdon wrote in pollanesque Jan 08, 2011 08:49

From Summer Tomato: How to Find Real Food at the Supermarket: A Flowchart:

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Commentary and Recipes from Mark Bittman

sheafrotherdon wrote in pollanesque Jan 03, 2011 07:40

At the New York Times: [Chop, Fry, Boil: Eating for One, or Six Billion]

A cooking repertoire of three basic recipes can get anyone into the kitchen and beyond the realm of takeout food, microwaved popcorn and bologna sandwiches in a few days ( Read more... )

Rye Bread

eqfe wrote in pollanesque Dec 31, 2010 08:56

Does anyone have a good recipe for whole grain rye bread that isn't the consistency of a house brick? I've been experimenting with half whole wheat and half whole rye flour, and various combinations of honey\sugar\ or molasses to feed the yeast and it still comes out very hard.

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loupnoir wrote in pollanesque Dec 02, 2010 08:13

Factory Farm Map.

Food and Water Watch has put together this creepy little site to show the growth and consolidation of factory farms. It shows changes from 1997, 2002, and 2007.

News: The Mystery of the Red Bees of Red Hook

sheafrotherdon wrote in pollanesque Nov 30, 2010 06:48

From [today's New York Times]:

Her bees, the ones she had been raising in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and on Governors Island since May, started coming home to their hives looking suspicious. Of course, it was the foragers - the adventurers, the wild waggle dancers, the social networkers incessantly buzzing about their business - who were showing up with ( Read more... )