After my semi-successful attempts at hummus and toum, I knew I had to try one more dip that I LOVE: baba ganoush. July 2024: Baba Ganoush Not to too far from where I live, there’s a Greek place, and not to say anything bad about anything else on their menu, but every now and then, I just NEED to get […]
Despite my recent blog posts about vegan/vegetarian cooking, I am not a chef. I don’t really try to push the boundaries of culinary tastes, flavors, and textures. For the most part, I want to make food that is simple, tasty, and healthy. So in my quest to find more things to make that are vegetarian and vegan, I found this […]
I already know what you’re thinking: “What the heck is toum?” That was exactly what I thought when I bought my first toum (or “Toom” as it was branded). It was being sold as a “delicious vegan sauce”, and I thought I’d give it a shot, and bought some pita bread to go with it. For those uninitiated, it’s a […]
For April, I continued my 2024 monthly tradition of cooking a vegetarian or vegan dish that I’ve never made before. As always, I tend to aim for simple, quick recipes and this one was no exception. I want to be able to make quick, easy, and tasty plant-based meals, and the Chinese (thanks to their long history of Buddhism) have […]
George Knight is a rewilder and, along with his wife, a co-founder of Beyond Domestication, a UK-based company specializing in nature retreats and rewilding walks. They guide people to learn about the Seven Practices through foraging, airbathing, barefoot movement, wild swimming and other natural practices. He is also a passionate trainer, connecting with individuals from various organizations across the UK […]
I’ve finally come to the end of a full set of Method Initiative exercises! Honestly, after going through it 4 times, it feels pretty good to finally finish a set! Let’s review how I feel now that they’re done. The Final Exercise For the last exercise of method Initiative, I had to connect with 10 people who are potentially very […]
It’s currently April 4th, 2024. And like most people, I’m not usually one to maintain New Years’ Resolutions for more than a month or two. But this year I’ve succeeded in one. (So far.) Since I was worried I wouldn’t go through with it, I didn’t write about it, but now that we’re a few months in and I’m not […]
This week, I began attending a workshop offered by the Climate Stories Project (https://www.climatestoriesproject.org/) called the Climate Stories Ambassador Workshop. The goal of the workshop is to create more Climate Stories Ambassadors, people who are wanting to go out and encourage more people to share their climate stories and engage more people on climate change. Over the 3-workshop course, we […]
For the first time ever, I’ve made it to the final exercises in Josh Spodek’s Initiative book on bringing your passions to life. It took four rounds of going back to square one and building up a project and over 4 years, but I finally found a project that resonated enough with me to keep wanting to push forward: a […]
For Exercise 8, the goal was to come up with a spreadsheet detailing out the financials for The Campfire (still my working title for this event!), per my visual model from Exercise 7. I started out basic and tried not to add any of the extra stuff like sound/lighting techs, marketing teams, or anything that just felt like it would […]