Food Revival

As we make our many New Year's resolutions this year, I ask that you take a second to read the following quote I found on Alabama Chanin's website. 

"The point of the whole thing is food,” she said. “Good food. Real good food. A lot of people have forgotten,” she continued. “Three meals a day, sit down, take your time and eat warm food that is prepared with good ingredients and love. That’s the key,” she stresses, “love. It’s the way it’s washed, it’s the way it’s cut, it is the way one touches and it is the way one thinks as one touches. That,” she said, “is food and food is love.”

What a wonderful reminder to be present at each of your meals. More importantly, it's a great reminder that we should all think more consciously about where we purchase our ingredients (local or mass produced?), how we prepare our recipes (in a hurry or with effort/love?), and who shares the experience with us (our family, friends, teachers, and mentors). 

Here's hoping 2010 offers you time in your kitchen or at your table. Time to engage and inspire. Time to create and enjoy. Time to share. Let us all remember that if we can AFFORD to recreate recipes, have ACCESS to food sources, and experience the COMFORT of good food every day and night, we should (at the very least) honor our gift by taking the time to enjoy what we have or use our resources to give to others who don't have these options.

For me, Food Revival has been a vehicle of self discovery, a way to celebrate what I've always taken for granted, and a creative place to land at the end of an uncertain day. Thank you for taking the time to take this journey with me. I'm forever grateful...

xo,
Amanda