Category Archives: Personal

Foxy Take-home Box

I love this Red Robin to-go box. Only one problem–it’s not a take-home box. Huh?! The faux picnic basket is instead Red Robin’s centerpiece/vessel for ads. Not according to my mother-in-law (bless her heart), who decided it would make the perfect doggie bag and took some leftovers home in the paper box. Upon further examination, […]

May 26, 2010 | Also posted in Restaurant | Comments closed

Efficient Picking

I had the privilege of going to a pig pickin’ this weekend. For those of you non-North Carolinians, that means a whole hog roast. Although, in this case it was a half hog (minus the head). Now, if you’re going to eat meat–and I do–this kind of event makes for a darn efficient use of […]

May 17, 2010 | Also posted in Events | Comments closed

Coordinating Gleaning

Saturday, I attended a training to become a field supervisor for gleaning outings. In other words, if you sign up to glean crops with the Society of St. Andrew, I might just be the guy in charge. Scary. While I’ve volunteered a bunch in the past, but haven’t been out gleaning in far too long. […]

April 19, 2010 | Also posted in Farm, Food Recovery | Comments closed

A Different Passover Story

My wife, son and I were invited to a Passover seder at our friends’ house and were tasked with bringing a dessert or two. I flipped through a Passover cookbook and decided on chocolate macaroons. It only had five ingredients, and macaroons are always the best Passover dessert. The recipe called for 3 egg whites, coconut, ground almonds, some sugar and chocolate. Keep that in mind. […]

March 31, 2010 | Also posted in History and Culture, Household | Comments closed

Chile Charla

At High Noon, local time, I gave my talk on food waste to a room of chefs at the World Association of Chefs Societies Congress. In case you’re curious, here are the slides from the talk (it may take a minute or two to load). Of course, it won’t be the same without my charismatic […]

January 26, 2010 | Also posted in International | Comments closed

Your Thoughts, Please

Next week, I’m headed to the World Association of Chefs Societies‘ 2010 get together in Santiago, Chile. While there, I’ll be giving a talk on restaurant food waste. I’m now putting together my slides and wanted to pose a question in the hope of making my presentation as inclusive as can be: What ways do you see […]

January 20, 2010 | Also posted in Restaurant | Comments closed

Hoppin’ into 2010

Black-eyed peas are thought to be good luck, which might explain the band’s success. It definitely explains why the legumes are eaten through the South on New Year’s Day. One theory–the one found on Wikipedia–posits that the tradition dates back to the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and that Sephardic Jews brought the tradition with them […]

January 1, 2010 | Also posted in History and Culture, Household | Comments closed

On Terminology and Terminals

I’ve been excited to see the press that Kevin Hall et al’s study has received. You know, the one that found that America wastes 40 percent of its food. It was featured in The Economist and then The New York Times “Idea of the Day” blog repeated the findings with a quote from the former. […]

December 4, 2009 | Also posted in Household, Stats | Comments closed

Presenting Waste

I’m now in Denver, getting ready to give a presentation at the American Dietetic Association conference. It’s exciting being here with so many other people who think about food all day. Usually, it’s just my dog and me. In addition to checking out what a bunch of nutritionists eat, I’m curious to see how they fare with […]

October 19, 2009 | Posted in Personal | Comments closed

Tale of the Pizza Sale

I’ve been somewhat critical of Whole Foods on certain topics, so here’s an opportunity to give credit where credit’s due. The other night I went there for a few slices of pizza, mostly because it was on sale for half-price during September. I hadn’t realized it, but it was pretty late. I became aware of […]

October 1, 2009 | Also posted in Supermarket | Comments closed