by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food
I try to make a practice of taking time for reflection. Sometimes that time goes as deep as one may call meditation. Most often I simply steal a moment here and there and allow my mind to relax and “freefall.” Well, this week, this practice helped recall a story from...
by Lillian Lake | | Coffee, Food
It’s hard to feel balanced when so much is happening in the world that makes us feel unbalanced. Hurricane Harvey has consumed our interest in recent days, and Hurricane Irma made its way through the Carribean with its eye on Florida. Here in Maine, we’re feeling the...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food, Recipes
Summer is in the history books and tomato canning season is underway. Tomatoes are a fairly easy fruit to grow. You can grow them directly in the ground or in containers. My parents used to grow several different kinds. Picturing my mom in her “Daisy May” gardening...
by Lillian Lake | | Farms, Food
It’s a beautiful, sunny day with a cleansing breeze gracing the earth. The morning air was a bit heavy after a rainstorm, but it has cleared out nicely. This week I’ve been busy preparing several presentations on different aspects of food. The nice thing about...
by Lillian Lake | | Farms, Food
This may be one of the hardest columns I’ve ever written and maintained objectiveness. This week formal talks began in Washington, DC to renegotiate NAFTA. I wasn’t in favor of the original NAFTA agreement. My objection was it unfairly placed power in the hands of...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, GMO
This week we celebrated National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. Wow! I remember loving ice cream sandwiches! What’s not to love? The tender, chocolate or vanilla cake holding in place vanilla ice cream is delicious, memorable. Do you have a particular way of eating them? I...
