I have a favorite pair of shoes, a favorite pillow, a favorite coffee mug and a favorite ethnobotanist. And he says that mesquite was the most wildly consumed food amongst native desert people prior to WWII. Since then however, consumerism and commercialization have radically altered diets creating some of the most diabetic populations in the world.
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Local Food Focus: Mesquite
Posted by Tammy on July 21, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/07/21/local-food-focus-mesquite/
Playing Squash
I don’t think I’d ever heard of the game of squash prior to moving to England. Growing up we were a tennis family and although I do think my dad may have gone out for the occasional racquet ball game, squash, the sport, just wasn’t in our experience.
Posted by Tammy on July 14, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/07/14/playing-with-zucchini-squash/
Summer Solstice
It is the time of year when the sun’s rays are directly overhead at 23.5 degrees North of the equator providing the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and a signal that summer has begun. Gardens are blooming. School’s out. Turn on the sprinklers. Eat a popsicle.
Posted by Tammy on June 17, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/06/17/summer-solstice/
What’s Tomater with You?
I suppose there are jobs where tomato growing prowess is prized. I’m not sure what they are. Perhaps in a greenhouse or at a restaurant with a good farm to table chef or as a farm worker. Unfortunately, I don’t have this skill or at least I haven’t yet developed it. So, it’s a good thing that it isn’t a job requirement where I work. In fact, in all my years of hiring, I’ve never asked about one’s ability to grow tomatoes. Despite this void in my work life, I was completely delighted when someone in our office asked me this question:
Do you grow tomatoes and other important interview questions
“Would you like some homegrown tomatoes?” (more…)
Posted by Tammy on June 3, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/06/03/roasted-summer-tomatoes/
Tibicos aren’t Typical
Ever wonder who was first? I do. The Colorado River Toad lives in our part of the world and is said to produce a chemical that belongs to the family of hallucinogenic tryptamines. These substances, present in the toad’s skin and venom, produce psychoactive effects when smoked or when one licks the back of the toad.
A Couple of Years ago after the Rain
Posted by Tammy on May 20, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/05/20/making-water-kefir/
Tastes of Spring
Do seasons have flavors? For some of us, they do. A scent, a kitchen memory or a photo in the latest edition of Saveur causes action between the anatomic connections of the olfactory bulb and the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus known as the the satiety center. In other words, they cause us to remember a flavor associated with an experience.
Posted by Tammy on May 12, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/05/12/tastes-of-spring/
Get Your Grains On!
It’s true that for two years of my life I lived on little more than beans and rice. Pinto beans and long grain brown rice to be specific. Now, they’re still a fall back food. They cook easily on their own and offer up that warm comfort that’s hard to match. So last Sunday, after receiving a lovely batch of homegrown pinto beans from my blogging friend, Linda, and a dozen thick corn tortillas from another friend, I decided to make a pot of brown rice to go along. One problem, there wasn’t any.
Posted by Tammy on April 28, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/04/28/get-your-grains-on/
Celtic Controversy and Cabbage
This fellow St. Patrick has been celebrated in this country for more than 200 years and in Ireland for close to 2000. We have a storybook on my son’s bookshelf that we’ve read over the years which tells the most familiar story. It’s about a young boy named Maewyn who was born to a tax collector in the Roman British empire. This version of the story tells that he was sold into slavery and shipped to Ireland. His captors forced him to herd sheep and he did so until he escaped 6 years later.
Modern Rendition of Maewyn
Posted by Tammy on March 17, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/03/17/st-patricks-day/
Local Food Focus: Tepary Beans
I posted a photo of a beet on my facebook page the other day. A friend asked, “what is that and what does it taste like?” My reply was, “it’s a beet and it tastes like a beet.” I love simplicity. Many believe that the name tepary comes from the Tohono O’odham phrase t’pawi meaning”it’s a bean”.
Tepary Beans
Posted by Tammy on February 25, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/02/25/local-food-focus-tepary-beans/
Pure Love
I often hear people quoting Gary Chapman’s book on the Five Love Languages. I’ve read his book and I’ve found it useful. Chapman believes that everyone has a love language and that once we’re aware of it, it’s easier to build relationships especially when two people speak different languages.
Ahh, the Picture of Love
Posted by Tammy on February 12, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/02/12/pure-love-roasted-cauliflowe/
Tammy
A wife, a mom, an executive, a certified leadership coach and a breast cancer survivor. I love learning and I love to write and I'm often fascinated with the life lessons that come from my kitchen. Focusing on community-based Placemaking is the way that I work towards creating a healthier planet.
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