Nice acknowledgment that we must deal with food waste

U.S. joins world to take on challenge of food waste The U.S. Food Waste Challenge is a great step toward a more economically, socially, and environmentally streamlined food system. Click here for the story from Grist.

It's a wrap

I'm thrilled to be heading to bed. I didn't get to the strawberry shortcakes -boo- but did delegate baked bean-making to Tom. Delicious! We also enjoyed a fabulous cheese plate and some grilled corn and vidalia onion salad plus Real Time from last Friday and Mad Men from Sunday. What in the sam hill was going on during this most recent MM episode?

Speaking of dandelion greens, did you see this front page-Sunday review article from yesterday's NYTimes? What an interesting piece. Made me all the more excited about my bunch of dandelions just waiting to be enjoyed.

And speaking of Real Time, did anyone watch S.E. Cupp's argument about how gun registries are a complete violation of all rights/privacy/justice while driver's licenses, dog licences, car registration and insurance are not? It was a complete joke. Give.me.a.break, S.E. You are smart and boy do you know your talking points but the second amendment did not mean, when written, what you and your pals want it to mean today. There is A) no militia, and certainly no B) regulation. The latter is most unfortunate.

RI, ramps

Let's give a shout-out to Rhode Island for becoming the 10th state to legalize gay marriage. Yee-haw! Equality is coming 'round. Not quickly enough but it's happening. Three cheers to the RI legislature! The sun came out earlier today, and the afternoon was a beauty. A balm for my over-the-gray soul! I exercised, Oliver helped me deliver dinner to my older sweeties (he loves to come with me; it's very dear), and I'm now riffing on a ramp carbonara recipe, replacing the pancetta (because I don't have any) with sweet Italian sausage, and the spaghetti (SO sad and shocked to be out of this staple) with rotini. Ramps are so lovely and lithe, so delicate in color and form. But them, wham, in flavor it is delicate they are not! They've got a fire to them, a spark that gets you right at the base of your throat. Not like hot peppers and not like heartburn, but somewhere in between those two. I like it.