by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food
My father died nearly 50 years ago. Fifteen years ago, when my mother passed away, the letters were handed down to me. They were written to my mother after my parents met on a bus during World War II. He was on leave from Camp Lejeune and she was vacationing. As their...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food
When did food waste issues come to light? As recently as the 1990’s the United States had a food recovery coordinator, although, following the Clinton administration, that position was cut. Today in America, we waste 70 BILLION POUNDS of food! That’s about 15 million...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Farms, Food, Locally Made
I genuinely love my farmers and fishers. I don’t like the production practices of some, but I know overall how true the words are “No Farms, No Food” and strive through my writing and speaking to instill a respect for all food producers, regardless of individual...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food, Spiritual
Today I skipped my morning coffee routine in favor of getting a run in before it started raining. Although, really, the run of humidity we’ve had in the Northeast the last few weeks has left me wishing I had gills, and will no doubt cause me to take little notice of a...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Farms, Food
“These foods can work the small daily miracle of exciting our passions. Not all of them, for all of us but each of them for some of us. They have been made and honed over generations and they are still with us because enough of us – sometimes only just enough of us –...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food
Few things in life are as instantly gratifying as eating pie, especially when served with a freshly brewed pot of coffee. My mother used to make a cream cheese pineapple pie that was fabulous, and for many years after she died, my girlfriend would make me one for my...
