I have been very busy in the kitchen lately. This is not new. A food blogger is almost always caught with her arms full in the kitchen… stirring with one arm, chopping with another, and pushing a camera shutter with the third. Oh, wait… It takes a lot of organization and I suppose some spur […]
I think it is time! I am still working on being more mindful in the daily celebration of my meals, and what better way than to pay more attention to the seasons and the bounty of produce the one upon us now signals. Positive psychologists have identified mindfulness as one of the ways by which we […]
I have been doing some baking, so I would love to talk about the Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins I made last week! Or perhaps Cranberry Orange Sour Cream muffins are a preferable topic. Or maybe Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Truffles, or what if I tell you about Ginger Pear Crisp? Well, actually, what I want to […]
I had this spontaneous inspiration to make some baked apples one night earlier this week, and I think this gorgeous tree across the street had something to do with it. Though I dont think I have ever made baked apples before, for some reason, that’s what I envisioned when I saw the apples sitting in my fruit basket. […]
I waited and waited all Summer long for that tree in our backyard to yield some sweet, plump little figs. They are finally here, just as Fall starts to set in. Today is gray and rainy, with an electrifying chill in the air. It feels dramatic, this change of the seasons. Experiencing such a shift […]
Let me set the scene. It was a cold, dark, rainy night. And in the kitchen, I was baking… (Cue ominous music) Au – tumn – tumn – tumn – tumn - tumnnnnnn… Did you hear that? Yes, that’s right. Yesterday’s dreary weather (all day rain in New York) was a portentous reminder that soon, the seasons are going to […]
I took a quick roadtrip this past weekend to Washington D.C. to attend the American Psychological Association (APA) Convention. My husband and I left at 3:00 am Saturday morning and were back by 6:00 pm Sunday evening. As I was roadtripping (and tripping over bad food habits on the road) a group of activists also started out […]
In my last post, I discussed my ambivalence about making changes in the kitchen that would lead me closer to sustainability, food security, and more healthful eating. Change is a big deal in nearly all aspects of life, and so also for me in my kitchen. In the world of psychology, the Stages of the Change model […]
I am feeling quite conflicted. One might say I am in a state of cognitive kitchen dissonance. The theory of cognitive dissonance refers to a negative state of mental conflict caused by contradictory ideas that are held simultaenously. It proposes the arousal of discomfort when one one hand, you believe this, but it cannot be since you also believe that! […]
May 30, 2012
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