Art, Poetry & Essays • But not necessarily in that order.
Love begins coarsely with a wedge. Slip it into the crack at the hinge. Pry gently, softly. Relish the groaning, but watch out for the bite of the protective shell. After exerting a little force, a gentle coaxing causes the tender, wet, fleshy flower to expose itself–the precious pale bud soaked in its own liqueur. […]
On a Thursday afternoon, I rolled into El Cerrito Natural Grocery asking the question, “What’s for dinner?” I picked up cabbage, lettuce and a variety of fruit. I wondered over to the meat counter. The butcher offers natural, organic, and sustainable meats. They had skirt steak on sale and I thought, “Where’s the beef?” In […]
The Sunday before my father died, I baked an orange sour cream cake. I got the recipe from Donna Hay. The beautiful photographs of impossibly beautiful food prepared with the most beautiful ingredients inspired me to make it. My cake didn’t turn out quite as beautifully as the photograph in the magazine, but it tasted […]
Down the street from where my pops grew up, on the corner of Idaho and El Cajon in San Diego, the little taqueria El Tio Alberto Taco Shop serves up a divine cup of horchata in a styrofoam cup. It came right out of a fountain the way Coca-Cola does, yet it was incredibly smooth, […]
Organic reduces the risks associated with the use of pesticides, moves towards agricultural practices more harmonious with nature and cuts back on fossil fuel dependence. However, organic foods cost more than their conventional counterparts. If your concern primarily focuses on reducing exposure to pestides then you can take the middle road of eating organic versions […]