"When I walk into my kitchen today, I am not alone. Whether we know it or not, none of us is. We bring fathers and mothers and kitchen tables, and every meal we have ever eaten. Food is never just food. It's also a way of getting at something else: who we are, who we have been, and who we want to be." ~Molly Wizenberg
It's World Food Day today, I barely remembered. It's been a fairly busy weekend and my plan for tonight was shower followed by bedtime - was in the shower when I remembered that I'd signed up for Blog Action Day. What is Blog Action Day? It's a day when bloggers around the world blog about one important global topic on the same day. This year the theme is 'Food' as the day coincides with World Food Day, a day which focuses the world's attention on food.
I'm not even really sure what I want to write about. There are topic suggestions on the BAD page, some of which I've covered here and some of which I feel that I don't know much about so I don't know that I can comment. Working with this list of topics though:
- My favourite food... actually this should be 'one of' my favourite foods... because I like food.
- A list of (some of) the best things I ever ate... (best food memories!)
- A bit of what food means to my culture... at least a little bit. It's so much more than I can explain in words.
I've had thoughts about the other topics... famine, hunger and poverty, malnutrition, wars over food/arable land, organic vs inorganic, I'm absolutely a vegetarian - don't see that changing... and that's lacto-ovo vegetarian to you, food waste, farming, would we be able to feed 9 billion people in 2050 (can the world survive 9 billion people?!).
They're all topics worth thinking over and talking about. Another topic to talk about? Food prices - the theme for this year's World Food Day is 'Food Prices - From Crisis to Stability'. Did you know that between 2005 and 2008, the world's staple food prices soared to their highest levels in 30 years? Now you do. Think about it.Talk about it.
It' s now my bedtime.
It' s now my bedtime.
peace,
Ren
2 comments:
I advise you watch and learn mother's calaloo.
This is a rite of passage I missed with mine.
But don't be afraid to modify the recipe over time, parts of your mother get integrated over time, and you build on her foundation.
It's been a long time since she's been in the kitchen - most of the cooking now is done by my brother and me. In fact (and eerily so) I made callaloo yesterday.. (leftovers for lunch today)..
I understand what you mean though.
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