Posts under ‘Do unto others’

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared Monday on BlogHer, but in case you’re not a BlogHer reader, I wanted to make sure you were aware of this year’s Hunger Challenge effort! For the third year in a row, the San Francisco Food Bank has launched the Hunger Challenge, a week-long opportunity for bloggers and others [...]

This week has been gloomy and decidedly un-spring-like in Oakland. Though I caught a glimpse of the first glimmers of sunrise while walking the dogs this morning, soon after, the clouds enveloped the pink light and everything turned heavy again. But on the way up to my office, I ran into one of my coworkers [...]

On a blustery Thanksgiving morning, six months after I moved to Oakland, I took my parents to celebrate Mass. They were visiting me for the first time in this new city I called home, and I wanted to show them the newly-dedicated Cathedral of Christ the Light, which I’d been attending since its dedication Mass [...]

Over the weekend, I went in a giant grocery store in Madison, Wisconsin with my friends in search of some local cheese curds. We found what we were looking for, but since it has been so long since I regularly shopped at that kind of store, the aisles and aisles of brightly-colored boxes of processed [...]

Like everyone else, I am nauseous over the tragedy that has unfolded in Haiti, by the death and destruction and sheer horror of the images broadcasting from Port au Prince and other parts of the country. Here is what sinks my stomach to a dark pit: I cannot help but think about the 30,000-foot view [...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Holiday Pork Recipe contest – I so appreciate your willingness to leave a comment and help provide food for the hungry this holiday season. It all makes a difference! The random number generator has spoken, and the winner is Commenter #6: Daphne of Daphne’s Dandelions! Check your email [...]

Between now and midnight PST, you can still leave a comment on my holiday contest post and be eligible to win a $50 gift card. So do it for yourself! But, really, do it for others. Each comment left will result in another five pounds of food for the Alameda County Community Food Bank, which [...]

There are families who serve the same thing, year after year, on their holiday table. They know exactly what casserole goes in which dish, which salad will arrive via which relative, and what main course will emerge from the oven with just enough time to rest before dinner’s served. We’ve never really been that kind [...]

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on BlogHer on Monday, but I felt it was important enough that I wanted to cross-post it here. I encourage you to visit BlogHer and read the thoughtful comments readers have been posting, as well — I really appreciate hearing everyone’s thoughts on this particular issue. Late last week, [...]

Back in September, at BlogHer Food ’09, I had the distinct pleasure of moderating a panel featuring three bloggers—Pim of Chez Pim, Val of More Than Burnt Toast, and Lydia Walshin of The Perfect Pantry—who talked about how they’re saving the world through their food blogs. The panel was Lydia’s idea, and she used the [...]