Eating Life
One of the joys of being home again for the forseeable future… as in no more one- and two-month trips planned… is that I get to restock the refrigerator and return to my regular diet. Have found myself in three different grocery stores in my first three days home.
The first of those trips was with friend, colleague, consultant and peace activist Avner Haramati, on his way back home to Jerusalem after the Practice of Peace conference on Whidbey Island, WA. We cooked a fine dinner of salad, veggies, beans and magadra (lentils and rice) Bliss Browne, of ImagineChicago fame. Along the way, Avner noted that it’s not so often that we, especially men, give themselves the kindness of cooking really good food when nobody else is around.
Not sure if it’s just my return home or if I’ve taken his comment as a challenge, but I’m very much enjoying my kitchen this week. Returning to fresh, whole, organics and experimenting with seaweeds and nutritional yeast — foods with real life in them.