Category Archives: Household

Ugliness Is Only Skin Deep

We’ve all seen food that looks down on its luck. It may be bruised, gashed, moldy, soft, wilty or some other adjective. No matter how bad it appears, I try to cut away the offending parts to salvage what I can. I’m sure many of you do the same. If you don’t, here’s proof that […]

May 13, 2009 | Posted in Household | Comments closed

The Minimalist on Maximizing Food Life

To paraphrase Kingsolver: Bittman, Minimalist, Awesome. I was very excited to see Mark Bittman’s piece on freezers as a way to prolong food and avoid waste. And after reading it, I was not disappointed. I love that he used the words “reduce food waste” in his opening paragraph. And that the article is so user-friendly. Basically, […]

May 6, 2009 | Posted in Household | Comments closed

Heeding the Call

A week ago, I put out a call for suggestions on what to do with the excess after being given a whole lotta pimiento cheese loaf. Many of you were nice enough to write in–thanks!–so I suppose it’s only right to fill you in on the results. A few folks suggested various cheese sauces. Being […]

May 4, 2009 | Also posted in Personal | Comments closed

Trayless Times and a Neat Idea

Two items of business today: 1. The New York Times found the idea of trayless dining fit to print. While I’d hoped for a bit more attention on just how much food waste can be avoided, I thought the writer did a nice job reporting the topic. And I really enjoyed this seldom-discussed rationale for […]

April 30, 2009 | Also posted in College, Trayless | Comments closed

Eat me!

I’m not linking to this post out of vanity (honest!) and what follows is not vulgar (get your mind out of the gutter!). In addition to finding The Compact (of not buying anything new except food for a year) admirable, I really enjoyed Angela Barton’s idea of having a section near the front of your […]

April 15, 2009 | Posted in Household | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Bon Appetit Management Company, primarily a college food service company, have already reached their year-end carbon reduction goals, including some admirable food waste reduction milestones. Kudos, guys. — — Two opposing Ivy League op-eds: one from the Yale Daily News that’s against waste and one from The Daily Princetonian that only occasionally makes sense. — — […]

April 10, 2009 | Also posted in College, Composting, Environment, Friday Buffet, Trayless | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

While we’re all fired up about Seattle, let’s not forget how progressive San Francisco’s composting program is. — — I’m not quite sure what to think when a conscious food squanderer writes about changing her ways. I’m still trying to remain calm after struggling through the first part of her column. — — There’s a new […]

April 3, 2009 | Also posted in College, Composting, Friday Buffet, International | Comments closed

Veggie Trader Q & A

This Tuesday, I wrote about online food swapping sites. Another such site, Veggie Trader, has only been operating for a few weeks, but is already creating some buzz. Rob Anderson, one of the site’s Portland-based creators, was nice enough to answer a few questions: How’d you come up with the idea for Veggie Trader? A […]

April 2, 2009 | Also posted in Food Recovery, Garden, Q & A, Tree Gleaning | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

A Whole Foods worker wanted to eat one of the 30 tuna fish sandwiches that he was supposed to throw away. He set it aside and then the boss objected and threw it out. The guy was then fired for proposing to eat something that was going to be thrown out anyway. Nice. The worker […]

March 20, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Friday Buffet, Restaurant, Supermarket | Comments closed

Eating Done the Fridge

The Eating Down the Fridge (and pantry and cupboard) experiment ended Sunday, but not without many a participant learning many a lesson. There were some nice insights in this wrap-up post. I particularly enjoyed these: I love that this exercise is encouraging me to use up my leftovers in new meals instead of letting them […]

March 19, 2009 | Also posted in Repurposing | Comments closed