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But over on my other blog you’ll find more than you ever possibly knew you wanted to know about the very exciting, very lovely Soup and Bread Cookbook. Go there. You won’t be sorry. For real. Bye.
The heart of the market
Some months ago, my former colleague Mike Sula captured the attention of answer-man Cecil Adams with an admiring account of the bounty to to be found at Cleveland’s West Side Market and a plaintive query. “Even in this economy,” he wrote, “if a midsize rust-belt city can support a place like that, there’s no reason … Continued
A little love for some not-so-little greenhouses
“Some greenhouses grow vegetables. Some grow flowers. What grows at the two gleaming 2,500-square-foot greenhouses rising from a gray industrial district at South Canal Street and 14th Place is a bit more complex.” Really great story on the Greenhouses of Hope at PGM in this weekend’s Sunday Tribune Magazine. Though it does remind me how … Continued
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Soup and Bread: The Cookbook
PGM in pictures
Stringing together even two interesting words has seemed a challenge of late. Late-summer lethargy? Age-related brain cell loss? Allergies? Who knows. Who cares? Here, instead, are are some pretty pictures, shot this morning in the greenhouse and gardens behind the Pacific Garden Mission. PGM is a Chicago institution; originally founded in 1877, the shelter stood … Continued
Bitch in the kitchen
Back in the 90s, before the internet, and before I got all into food and growing things, I put out a zine. You remember zines — little magazines printed on paper? You bought them at indie record stores? Or Quimby’s if you were lucky enough to have someplace like that in your town? Anyway. Ours … Continued
G of H at PGM on ‘BEZ
WBEZ producer Kristin Moo did a short little piece on the Greenhouses of Hope at Pacific Garden Mission, where I’ve been volunteering for the last eight months. I was out of town the day she came down to tape, but I wouldn’t have been able to contribute anything that Nance and Sayre — and our … Continued
Still life with worm poop
At least the worms managed to make a quart of castings before they died. I was impressed. I have a writing deadline to meet, which means that this weekend my writing process kicked into high gear. That process being to do everything else I could possibly think of to do around the house other than … Continued
Soup and Jam
I’ve been curious about Hull-House’s ongoing Re-Thinking Soup project ever since I heard about it this winter — but it wasn’t till they paired it with the Jam-Off that I managed to get moving. And you know what? It was pretty great. The organizers of the soup lunch and other endeavors, like a recent workshop on … Continued
Stupice!
It seems lately that everyone in town is busy blogging about fruits and vegetables, green roofs and gardens. Even Mayor Daley is getting in on the action. And they’re doing such a good job of it that I am embarrassed to add to the noise. But, hey! Check out these tomatoes! These luscious heirloom Stupices (“Stupix”? “Stupii”?) are … Continued